Monday, December 5, 2016

Josie Guthrey- Fake News that Brought Real Guns

Edgar Welch, a 28 year old father of two, came across a news article online stating that Comet Ping Pong,  a popular pizzeria in Washington, was harboring  very young children to be sex slaves led by Hillary Clinton. The articles were spread over Facebook and other social medias until he came across it. The father drove six hours from  his home to Comet Ping Pong. where he revealed a gun and fired some shots. The police arrested him shortly after and later found two other assault rifles. Later in court, Welch revealed that he had come to save the children he had read about only to find out that the articles he had read were fake! He was charged with four courts.

The fake news seemed to spread around the time of the election to sway people to vote for a specific candidate. This fake article was obviously against Clinton. Fake news is very dangerous. Because of it, many people could have gotten hurt or falsely accused. Hopefully a stop to fake news will be put forth soon.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/business/media/comet-ping-pong-pizza-shooting-fake-news-consequences.html?_r=0

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