Pizzagate

 Edgar Maddison Welch, from Salisbury, North Carolina, tried to persuade two friends to join a rescue mission. One of the men was Alex Jones, the host of Info-Wars. Jones was reporting that Hillary Clinton was sexually abusing children in satanic rituals in a Washington D.C. pizza restaurant. Welch told his friends the "raid" on a "pedo ring" might require them to "sacrifice the lived of a few for the lives of many." Welch was fearless. Three days later, armed with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, a .38 handgun and a folding knife, Welch strolled into the restaurant and headed toward the back, where children were playing ping-pong. As waiters and waitresses went table to table, whispering to customers to get out, Welch reached the restaurant's kitchen. He shot open a lock and found cooking supplies. He whipped open another door and found an employee bringing in fresh pizza dough. Welch did not find any captive children, but he did prove, if there were any lingering doubts after the election, that fake news has real consequences.

Work Cited

“Pizzagate: Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal.” Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2017, 

www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/pizzagate-anatomy-of-a-fake-news-scandal-w511904.