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The "conclusion" of Pizzagate was almost certainly fake yes, but there were actual events/personalities that did occur which were real. Enough so that some peop
by mythrwy 10y ago
The "conclusion" of Pizzagate was almost certainly fake yes, but there were actual events/personalities that did occur which were real. Enough so that some people at least could be led to the conclusion.
Which is (in a less dramatic way) pretty much how standard media operates when they want to promote a position.
Point being, effective fake news isn't all fake. It's 90%+ real making the critical 10% palatable.
- ajross 10y agoUm... what were the actual events in Pizzagate? It was all about interpreting "codes" in Podesta emails. There was literally no allegation anywhere of an actual concrete event; certainly nothing close to "90% real". Are you being serious?
- mythrwy 10y agoApparently you didn't read the sources of Pizzagate if you think it was all about the Podesta emails. That was only a small part of it. I'm not really interested in arguing about details nor starting any kind of flame war and I certainly don't believe in an international pedophilia Democrat child sex ring run out of a Pizza joint. You can look into if you care to. But suffice it to say, there were real people and events that provided enough for the narrative to be built on. Well beyond the Podesta emails. <edit>The other reason I'm not interested in discussing details is because I don't believe in the existence of a pedophilia Democrat sex ring and the details I'm talking about were largely innocent behaviors in my opinion and thus aren't worth trotting out in public where more people can go "humm... maybe there was something going on". Like I say, you can look into more if curious. But there was more going on than the mainstream news "fake news" accounts portrayed. Enough to build the narrative on.