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Matt and Lach look at the historical context of the leak of the personal email of Clinton Campaign Manager John Podesta, examine the sources of the so-called "pedo-code" that is the basis of the bizarre Internet phenomenon that is Pizzagate and debunk the "proofs" behind it.
Links and further reading:
Richard J. Hofstader- "The paranoid style in American politics."
Hofstadter.pdf (washington.edu)
Joshua Moore- "Pizzagate: and the Research that nobody wanted to do."
Pizzagate: and the Research that nobody wanted to do – C U L T I C (wordpress.com)
Ben Schreckinger- "World War Meme"
World War Meme - POLITICO Magazine
Lulz University, Geneva- "The psychology of 4chan"
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