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  • #2
    A couple weeks ago

    Alex Jones, a prominent conspiracy theorist and the host of a popular right-wing radio show, has apologized for helping to spread and promote the hoax known as Pizzagate.

    The admission on Friday by Mr. Jones, the host of “The Alex Jones Show” and the operator of the website Infowars, was striking. In addition to promoting the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, he has contended that the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks were inside jobs carried out by the United States government and that the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a hoax concocted by those hostile to the Second Amendment.

    The Pizzagate theory, which posited with no evidence that top Democratic officials were involved with a satanic child ****ography ring centered around Comet Ping Pong, a pizza restaurant in Washington, grew in online forums before making its way to more visible venues, including Mr. Jones’s show.

    The prominence of the hoax drew attention to the proliferation of false and misleading news, much of it politically charged, that circulated on platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

    Mr. Jones made the apology to the owner of Comet Ping Pong, James Alefantis, on video, reading from a carefully worded statement that emphasized how widely the theory had spread before he weighed in on it. He said that Infowars had “disassociated” itself from the story in December and had taken down the majority of broadcasts and videos that mentioned it. Mr. Jones also said that two reporters the show had worked with “are no longer with us,” although he did not identify them or discuss the exact nature of their work with Infowars.

    “To my knowledge today, neither Mr. Alefantis, nor his restaurant Comet Ping Pong, were involved in any human trafficking, as was part of the theories about Pizzagate that were being written about in many media outlets and which we commented upon,” Mr. Jones said. “We apologize to the extent our commentaries could be construed as negative statements about Mr. Alefantis or Comet Ping Pong, and we hope that anyone else involved in commenting on Pizzagate will do the same thing.”

    The hoax has had real-world consequences. The pizzeria, Mr. Alefantis and his employees have been besieged by threats. Nearby businesses have also been affected. And the hoax has even spread to several other pizzerias around the country.

    In December, the police arrested a man, Edgar M. Welch, 28, a father of two from North Carolina, who they said showed up at Comet Ping Pong to investigate the claims and fired a semiautomatic rifle he had brought with him inside the pizzeria. Mr. Welch pleaded guilty on Friday to assault with a dangerous weapon and interstate transport of a firearm and will be sentenced in June, according to news media reports.

    In an interview after his arrest, Mr. Welch told The New York Times that he listened to Mr. Jones’s show, saying that the host “touches on some issues that are viable but goes off the deep end on some things.”

    But the theory lives on. A small group of protesters showed up outside the White House on Saturday, holding signs that asked why the news media was covering up child trafficking and demanding an investigation into Hillary Clinton, Mr. Alefantis and John Podesta, Mrs. Clinton’s campaign manager, in connection with the hoax.

    Mr. Alefantis said in an emailed statement that he was pleased with Mr. Jones’s apology but wished it had come months ago.

    “And his apology, while welcome, does nothing to address the harm he and his company have done to me, my business, and my community,” he said. “That said, we can all hope that Mr. Jones’s retreat is the beginning of a process to hold accountable the people who motivated an armed gunman to travel across state lines and fire his weapon in a family-friendly restaurant.”

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/25/b...pong.html?_r=0
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    • #3
      Ahhh this explains some sh^t. Baby mama drama going on.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Motorcity Cobra View Post
        Only an idiot would believe everything that comes out of the mouth of Alex Jones, who obviously overacts during his show. I find most of his detractors to be mostly jealous of the man since he was able to create a business successful business and is a moderate ring-winger.

        But them most people can be fooled, kind of like you and time posted those photo-shopped twitter posts and was like everyone is changing their mind about Trump 2 weeks into his presidency.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by ComicDon View Post
          Only an idiot would believe everything that comes out of the mouth of Alex Jones, who obviously overacts during his show. I find most of his detractors to be mostly jealous of the man since he was able to create a business successful business and is a moderate ring-winger.

          But them most people can be fooled, kind of like you and time posted those photo-shopped twitter posts and was like everyone is changing their mind about Trump 2 weeks into his presidency.
          Those weren't photoshopped. You can see them live right here

          https://twitter.com/Trump_Regrets

          https://www.trumpregrets.org/

          You're just as looney as Alex Jones followers. When I posted the screenshots all you would have to do is a search for the username, date and time of the tweet and you'd see them right there. But instead you wanna say they were fake, FAKE NEWS! CRISIS ACTORS! You're intellectually lazy.

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          • #6
            Alex jones is the mascot of the alt right, fake news, Racism, and lots of false outrage and pointless created anger. He represents everything these dumb fcks stand for.

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            • #7
              His show sucks anyway.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Motorcity Cobra View Post
                Those weren't photoshopped. You can see them live right here

                https://twitter.com/Trump_Regrets

                https://www.trumpregrets.org/

                You're just as looney as Alex Jones followers. When I posted the screenshots all you would have to do is a search for the username, date and time of the tweet and you'd see them right there. But instead you wanna say they were fake, FAKE NEWS! CRISIS ACTORS! You're intellectually lazy.
                I suggest you look back at your original post and fact check the accounts you posted and then check their wall. Most of them belonged to accounts that no longer existed or simply wasn't on their page.

                Are even worst propaganda accounts with like like 10 follows and only one tweet that says I regret voting for Trump.

                Research friend is key if you want to be taken seriously or be treated like Alex Jones minus the money.

                You've been conned my friend lol.
                Last edited by The Comic DON; 04-17-2017, 08:11 PM.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by ComicDon View Post
                  I suggest you look back at your original post and fact check the accounts you posted and then check their wall. Most of them belonged to accounts that no longer existed or simply wasn't on their page.

                  Are even worst propaganda accounts with like like 10 follows and only one tweet that says I regret voting for Trump.

                  Research friend is key if you want to be taken seriously or be treated like Alex Jones minus the money.

                  You've been conned my friend lol.
                  Bump the topic. They're still up on the site

                  http://www.areyousorryyet.com/

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                  • #10
                    In other news- "pro wrestling is fake"

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