Posted on 11/27/2016 1:16:02 AM PST by SteveH
The allegations against Comet Ping Pong, reported by the New York Times, are absurd on their face and detached from any gossamer thread of fact. They took root in the dark crevices of the Web and took flight thanks to social media platforms, whose witless “who, us?” posture in the face of misinformation and outright lunacy is a civic embarrassment.
More than that, the use of social media as a platform for outright lies about public figures and, in this case, malevolent rumors about a pleasant neighborhood restaurant popular with families is a menace to private lives, peace and prosperity. In response to the firestorm of anonymous death threats and warnings directed at Comet’s owner, James Alefantis, and some of his employees, D.C. police have had to deploy officers to keep an eye on the restaurant.
Fake and unfounded “news” articles suggesting that Comet’s backrooms, heretofore known for a couple of ping-pong tables and a play area for kids, were the scene of trafficked and molested children have appeared on Facebook, as well as on websites serving as platforms for scurrilous disinformation and fantasy conspiracies.
So what if Mr. Alefantis has never met Ms. Clinton and neither traffics nor abuses children? Social media, a neutral host body for parasitical insanity, have turned their algorithmic gaze upon him. The culprits include Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit and other platforms that have done too little to safeguard their sites from deception and fraud. (Reddit belatedly shut down a message board devoted to “pizzagate.”)
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That is my fear.
Andrew Breitbart, Vince Foster, and dozens of others.
LOL!!!
I agree. We need to come up with a conservative social media site. Not sure what to call it yet but it needs to be done.
You've got a good point, although I'm very partial to the columnists like Walter Williams and Cal Thomas, and Thomas Sowell who picj the kind of cherries I can digest.
I will look for "Deadline USA." Our county is big enough to have a pretty good cross section of DVDs from local failed rental stores. Is that more like a documentary? or is it just a fictionography like "Absence of Malice" (Newman, Field, 1981).
It’s an early 50s Bogart film. A cross between film noir and the now defunct newspaper genre.
Deadline U.S.A.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044533/
With his newspaper about to be sold, crusading editor Ed Hutcheson tries to complete an exposé on gangster Rienzi.
Director: Richard Brooks
Writer: Richard Brooks
Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter |
For convenience
Fake News Onslaught Targets Pizzeria as Nest of Child-Trafficking
By CECILIA KANG NOV. 21, 2016
Note: according to investigative reporter David Seaman in his nov. 25 youtube video, the name Cecilia Kang appears 133 times in the podesta wikileaks email messages. Why? Cecilia Kang thus allegedly has written a story that involves herself. If true, can anyone say whitewash? Can anyone say potential conflict of interest? Or even lack of full disclosure?
“The Franklin child prostitution ring also known as the Franklin Scandal were a series of high-profile accusations and legal actions between 1988 and 1991 surrounding a child sex ring serving prominent citizens of Omaha, Nebraska, as well as high-level U.S. politicians.
The Franklin scandal is the story of a nationwide pedophile ring that pandered children to a cabal of the rich and powerful. The ring’s pimps were a pair of political powerbrokers who had access to the highest levels of our government. Nebraska legislators nearly exposed the ring in 1990, but its unveiling had the potential to produce seismic political aftershocks. The legislators’ efforts resulted in rash of mysterious deaths and the overpowering corruption of federal and local law enforcement, including the FBI, Secret Service, and Justice Department, effecting an immaculate cover-up of the trafficking network.”
Spirit cooking.
Oh. My. God.
Inconceivable evil. Hitler was bad but as far as I know, he never ate one of his victims.
It is desecration of a human body.
I can understand necessity (the Donner party, that airplane crash in the Andes), but this is beyond revolting.
From Twitter:
AndrewBreitbart Verified account @AndrewBreitbart 4 Feb 2011Retweeted this myself today.Did Podesta let 'Waist Up' @EricBoehlert speak on todays14YrOld-SexSlaveOps conf call?
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ML/NJ
A couple of days ago, I clicked on some links in a thread to see some additional reading on the info in these leaks. On Friday, I received a phone call from someone stating that they were getting a warning signal from my computer, and they wanted me go to the computer and follow their directions. I refused, and told them that I had no indication of any computer problems.
I asked what company and the person’s name, but even though he repeated it several times, I simply could not quite understand what he was saying.
I guess it could be a coincidence, but seems very strange to me.
I heard that Assange has emerged - he has been under house arrest was the term used. I haven’t been able to track down the interview yet.
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