CRAZY NEWS STORY OVER THE
WEEKEND, LET ME START BREAKING
IT DOWN FOR YOU GUYS, JUST TO
GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND ON IT,
AND I WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS
ACTUALLY HAPPENING --
>>WHY THE HELL IS A GUNMAN
GOING INTO A RANDOM PIZZA SHOP?
MAYBE IT'S JUST ONE OF HUNDREDS
OF GUNMEN WHO GO ANYWHERE IN THE
COUNTRY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
NO,
IT TURNS OUT THERE IS SOMETHING
SPECIFIC HERE --
>>WHAT?
OKAY -- A COUPLE WEEKS
AGO I GET ALL THIS STUFF ON
SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING, CENK, WHY
AREN'T YOU INVESTIGATING PIZZA
GATE?
ALL RIGHT, I LOOK INTO IT,
AND I KNOW A LOT OF THE PEOPLE
WHO SEND THOSE MESSAGES ARE
RIGHT-WINGERS, BUT I'VE GOT AN
OPEN MIND, LET'S LOOK INTO THIS.
THEY REFER TO THE PODESTA
EMAILS, THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT PIZZA, BUT I LOOKED INTO
IT AND FOUND OUT WHAT THE
CHARGES ARE.
YES, WITH
ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE, OF
COURSE, THEY ALLEGE THAT THIS
RANDOM PIZZA SHOP OWNER IN THE
MIDDLE OF DC HIS RUNNING A
CHILD, EVEN PERHAPS A SATANIC,
PEDOPHILIA RING FROM THE BACK
OFFICE OF HIS PIZZA SHOP, AND
ITS LEAD NOT ONLY BY JOHN
PODESTA, BUT HILLARY CLINTON
HERSELF.
OKAY.
SO, THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO
FED INTO THIS.
WAS IT ANY
REPORTERS?
NO, THEY INVESTIGATED
IT, FACT CHECKERS WENT IN,
JOURNALISTS, IF IT IS A TRUE
STORY IT WOULD BE A HELL OF A
STORY -- OF COURSE THERE IS NO
CHILD TRAFFICKING SEX RING, OF
COURSE IT IS MADE UP ONLINE.
I
THINK THE WHOLE FAKE NEWS STUFF
IS OVERBLOWN -- NOT THIS ONE,
THIS IS SUPER REAL IN TERMS OF
THE DAMAGE IT COULD'VE DONE AS
YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IN A SECOND
WITH THIS GUNMAN WHO WALKED IN.
IT GOT SPREAD FAR AND WIDE, THEY
EVEN THOUGHT GENERAL MIKE FLYNN,
WHO IS NOW GOING TO BE THE
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR FOR
DONALD TRUMP, I DON'T THINK HE
DID, I THINK THERE IS A
FOLLOW-UP STORY THAT SAYS IT
WASN'T ABOUT THAT, BUT HIS SON
TODAY SAID THEY SHOULD LOOK INTO
PIZZA GATE, THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT WING PUSHING
THIS INSANITY.
TO ME AS SOMEONE
WHO KNOWS THE INTERNET A LITTLE
BIT BETTER THAN THE MAINSTREAM
GUYS, IT SEEMS OBVIOUS TO ME
THAT IT IS TROLLS.
I DON'T KNOW
IF IT IS 4CHAN, 8CHAN, 18CHAN --
THAT IS INTERNET SAVVY, TALKING
ABOUT 18CHAN -- THE MINUTE I SAW
WHO THE RESTAURANT OWNER WAS, IT
WAS FAIRLY OBVIOUS WHY THEY WERE
DOING IT.
HE USED TO BE A
PARTNER OF DAVID BROCK, DAVID
BROCK IS A GUY I DON'T AGREE
WITH AT ALL WHO RAN CORRECT THE
RECORD FOR HILLARY CLINTON AND I
THINK HE DID SMEAR JOBS AGAINST
PROGRESSIVES, HE WAS ORIGINALLY
A RIGHT-WINGER WHO WENT AFTER
THE CLINTONS, HE SWITCHED OVER
AND BECAME VERY PRO-CLINTON, BUT
THE RIGHT WING NOW HATE DAVID
BROCK FOR COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
REASONS THAT I DISAGREE WITH
HIM.
THEY PROBABLY THOUGHT IT
WAS FUNNY.
THE RESTAURANT OWNER
NOW HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DAVID
BROCK, I THINK THEY WERE
PARTNERS LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO.
BUT THEY ARE LIKE, I KNOW THE
TROLLS, THEY ARE LIKE, IT WOULD
BE FUNNY TO GET PEOPLE TO COME
IN AND POUR A LOT OF HATE ON
THIS GUY. AND A LOT OF
MAINSTREAM MEDIA DON'T
UNDERSTAND THAT THE ALT RIGHT
AND THE TROLLS ONLINE, 50% OF
THEM ARE 15 YEARS OLD.
OF COURSE
THAT IS NOT A REAL STAT --
IRONIC IN THE MIDDLE OF A FAKE
NEW STORY, I JUST WANT TO BE
CLEAR ON THAT -- BUT MY SENSE IS
A LOT OF THESE ARE KIDS, YOU DIG
1 INCH DEEP AND YOU WILL FIND
YEAH, THIS IS A KID WHO THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE FUNNY.
I'LL BE A
REBEL, I'LL DO THIS, WE WILL
PRETEND IT IS DAVID BROCK'S
PARTNER WHO RUNS A SEX RING --
AND THEN SOME OF THEM, THOUGH,
ARE REAL CONSERVATIVES WHO GET
RILED UP, DAMMIT, I KNEW IT!
NOW
IT IS ALL INSANE AND TERRIBLE TO
BEGIN WITH BECAUSE THEY ARE
GETTING DEATH THREATS
CONSTANTLY.
THEY HAD TO BRING
THE FBI IN, LOCAL POLICE,
BECAUSE EVERY DAY THEIR LIVES,
THEIR EMPLOYEES' LIVES, ARE
BEING THREATENED.
BUT FINALLY A
GUY WITH A GUN WALKED IN, NOW IT
IS DEADLY SERIOUS.
IT IS A GUY
NAMED WELCH, HUFFINGTON POST
EXPLAINS --
>>OF COURSE HE DOESN'T THINK IT
IS A CONSPIRACY THEORY, HE
THINKS IT IS REAL.
HUFFPO
CLARIFIES --
>>AGAIN, THERE I THINK THERE IS
AN UPDATE FROM THE WASHINGTON
POST WHERE I DON'T THINK THAT IS
NECESSARILY THE CASE, BUT THE
FIRST PART OF THE STATEMENT IS
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
AND THEY TAKE
A LOT OF THESE RIGHT-WING
WEBSITES AS LIKE THEY'RE DOING
REAL NEWS.
NO, JUST BECAUSE YOU
CALL YOURSELF NEWS -- THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS SO OBSESSED
WITH NEUTRALITY, UNLESS OF
COURSE A PROGRESSIVE IS INVOLVED
IN WHICH CASE THEY HATE HIM NO
MATTER WHAT -- THEY'RE LIKE,
DEMOCRATS, LIBERALS,
CONSERVATIVES, I'M GOING TO CALL
EVERYTHING EVEN.
SO YOU HAVE
REAL NEWS SITES ON THE LEFT AND
IN THE MIDDLE, THEN FAKE NEWS
SITES ON THE RIGHT THAT POST
NOTHING BUT CRAP AND LIES, THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA GOES, CALL IT
EVEN.
IT'S NOT EVEN, THOSE SITES
ARE TOXIC AND THEY DON'T CARE
ABOUT THE TRUTH, THEY CERTAINLY
DON'T CARE ABOUT THE NEWS, THEY
ARE IN THE PROPAGANDA BUSINESS.
NOW, A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER SAID
--
>>LET ME GIVE YOU ONE MORE
QUOTE ABOUT WELCH --
>>LATEBREAKING NEWS BEFORE I
GOT ON THE SHOW WAS THAT HE HAD
FIRED A SHOT.
SO SOMEBODY COULD
HAVE GOTTEN KILLED.
YEAH, SOME
TEENAGERS ONLINE MIGHT THINK
IT'S FUNNY AND REBELLIOUS TO
PLAY THESE JOKES ON THE IDIOT
ADULTS WHO BELIEVE THESE THINGS,
BUT THEY DO.
A LOT OF THESE
PEOPLE DO BELIEVE THIS, A LOT OF
THEM HAVE GUNS, AND IN THEIR
CRAZY MIND -- REMEMBER, IF THEY
REALLY BELIEVE IT, THEY THINK
CHILDREN ARE BEING RAPED IN THE
BACK OF THIS PIZZA RESTAURANT.
SO THEY ARE SUPER ANGRY, AND
THEY COME IN WITH THREE GUNS,
TWO IN THE RESTAURANT, ONE IN
THE CAR, READY TO TAKE ACTION.
THIS IS SUPER DANGEROUS STUFF,
IT IS NOT FUNNY OR CUTE ANYMORE.
THEY HEAR THAT AND THEY THINK
IT'S EVEN FUNNIER.
ISN'T GOING
TO BE FUNNIER WHEN SOMEONE DIES?
WHAT IF THAT SHOT HIT A KID IN
THE PIZZA RESTAURANT, WOULD THAT
HAVE BEEN FUNNY?
I KNOW A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT START THIS STUFF
DON'T, I HOPE, INTEND FOR
SOMEONE TO GET HURT.
BUT YOU
HAVE TO REMEMBER, IT IS NOT JUST
YOUR OTHER 15-YEAR-OLD FRIENDS
READING THIS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF
UNBALANCED PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY
WHO CAN'T WAIT TO GRAB THEIR
GUNS AND TAKE ACTION ON SOME
NONSENSE FAKE NEW STORY THAT YOU
INVENTED ON THE INTERNET.
I KNOW
THAT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE
ALT RIGHT THAT MAKES THEM FEEL
SO PROUD -- SOMEBODY TOOK ACTION
BECAUSE I MADE UP SOMETHING -- I
HOPE TO GOD YOU ARE NOT PROUD OF
THIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE
ANY DECENCY LEFT BUT FOR THE
PEOPLE HERE PEDDLING THIS CRAP,
YOU ARE GOING TO GET SOMEBODY
REALLY HURT.
DON'T DO IT, IT IS
REAL, IT HAS REAL CONSEQUENCES,
LUCKILY NOBODY DIED IN THIS CASE
BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE IF YOU
WORKED AT THAT PIZZA SHOP, YOU
ARE BUSTING ASS WORKING AT
WHATEVER WAGES A SERVER GETS,
AND NOW YOU'VE GOT TO BE WORRIED
FOR YOUR LIFE?
YOU ARE A SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER, YOU OWN THAT
RESTAURANT, EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU
HAVE THESE WACKOS COMING IN WITH
GUNS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
PROTECTING AVERAGE AMERICANS,
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, THE
TRUTH, DOESN'T THAT MEAN
ANYTHING TO YOU GUYS?
IF IT
DOESN'T, OKAY, YOU ARE ON THAT
SITE AND YOU ARE A TERRIBLE,
TERRIBLE PERSON.
BUT IT'S
INCUMBENT UPON THE MAINSTREAM
PRESS AND NOW THEY ARE FINALLY
GETTING AROUND TO IT, CALLING IT
OUT, SAYING FAKE NEWS IS NOT
JUST MEMES FOR A COUPLE OF
TROLLS ONLINE.
YOU'VE ALSO GOT
TO CALL OUT THE RIGHT-WING
WEBSITES, AND IF THEY KEEP DOING
IT, SAY YOU SHOULD NEVER, EVER
TAKE ANYTHING THEY SAY SERIOUSLY
BECAUSE IT IS POISON.
IN THIS CASE, IT WAS ALMOST
LITERAL.
