Pizzagate gone wrong, Alex Jones now calls his own conspiracy-theory a "false flag"

[DetlefK]

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2017/02/24/infowars-denies-it-promoted-pizzagate-conspiracy-theory-after-deleting-pizzagate-content-its-website/215465

In a February 24 article for Infowars.com, editor Kit Daniels falsely claimed that “the discussion around Pizzagate largely occurred on Reddit, 4chan and Twitter -- but not Infowars,” in an attempt to rebut claims made by former Clinton campaign chair John Podesta during a discussion with John Heilemann.

In fact, Alex Jones promoted the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory on his radio show, urging his listeners “to go investigate it for yourself.” Jones urged his audience to “go to the report, Pizzagate Is Real,” and stated “Something’s going on. Something’s being covered up. It needs to be investigated”:

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Infowars has additionally published articles headlined “Pizzagate: The Mysterious Death Of A Human Trafficking Investigator,” and “Pizzagate Is Global.”

One week after Jones’ promoted the “pizzagate” conspiracy, gunman Edgar Welch told The New York Times that he listens to Alex Jones, and reportedly went to Comet Ping Pong with an assault rifle to investigate the conspiracy. Days later, Alex Jones attempted to scrub pizzagate content from his website, and downplayed his role in promoting the conspiracy theory, while stating Welch was an “admitted actor,” claiming “the whole thing is classic scripting. I’m not saying it’s scripted -- it has all the telltale signs, they’ve been caught doing it before.”

[Lee-Lee]

1. That is the brilliance of being a conspiracy theorist

The moment you are proven wrong it is not because you were actually wrong, but because of another deeper conspiracy.

That way you can never be wrong...

[dalton99a]

10. Precisely.

[neeksgeek]

2. Down the Memory Hole...

Read some of the comments. Alex Jones' followers still think Comet Ping Pong has a basement dungeon full of child sexual slaves.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. My Favorite Piece Of This Whole Story. . .

. . . is that not only was there not a human trafficking ring, but that the place didn't even have a basement.

[neeksgeek]

5. Yep, but the right wing sheep haven't ever let facts get in the way of their ...

I'm at a loss for words to describe what passes for thought on their part...

"Conspiracy theory" is somehow too, well, rational for this nonsense.

sigh... I'm going to go with "brainwashed delusions."

[dalton99a]

11. +1

[Mc Mike]

3. Poplawski, Loughner, Jared & Amanda Miller,

MoJo has a good list of bircher Jones fans who were inspired to go out and make a difference.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/12/comet-pizza-suspect-shooters-alex-jones

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Don't worry, Discussionist still has a True Believer

who won't take no crap from splitters like Alex Jones who are too easily cowed into dropping discussion of The Truth: http://www.discussionist.com/1014325752

[Leith]

8. Yet Another Reason to Just Let That Site Fade Away

I haven't posted there since the election. I've looked in a few times, but it does nothing but remind me how awful it is. It is full of reichwing bully boiz, none old enough to get a driver's license. Life is too short for that kind of drivel.

[Maru Kitteh]

9. And that one is by no means alone. If one goes to Twitter and

types in pizzagate, the results show an astounding number of people touting the same defcon1-level of bat-shit.

They just KNOW Hillary Clinton ritually scarifies babies at that pizza place.


These people are walking around. In society. . . . VOTING.

[Initech]

7. There were pages of videos on YouTube from the Alex Jones Channel on Pizzagate!