RantCrush Top 5: December 5, 2016

Yesterday, a 28-year-old man walked into Comet Ping Pong, the subject of the #Pizzagate conspiracy theory, carrying an assault rifle. He then fired his weapon in the restaurant. Luckily no one was hurt before the police came and arrested him, but he claimed that he wanted to “self-investigate” the story.

People are treating fake news/propaganda as this weird quirk of the election, but Pizzagate scares me

— Vann R. Newkirk II (@fivefifths) December 5, 2016

A fake news article that insisted that Hillary Clinton and John Podesta were running a child trafficking ring based out of the D.C. restaurant inspired the conspiracy theorists. Obviously none of it was true, but that hasn’t stopped some readers from getting all hot and bothered. But sometimes, pizza is just pizza–no conspiracy theories involved.

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Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.