Comet Ping Pong PIzza

• Fake news online: How did we get here?

  Author and columnist Susan Delacourt and journalism professor Chris Waddell join Tom Clark to discuss the rise of fake news, particularly on Facebook and how this affects democracy.

  Canada

  Dec 11, 2016
  
• Hillary Clinton slams ‘epidemic’ of fake news online: ‘Lives are at risk’

  "It is now clear that so-called fake news can have real-world consequences," Clinton said during a speech paying tribute to retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.

  Politics

  Dec 9, 2016
  
• Advertisement
• Aimless Comet Pizza gunman latched onto internet, religion

  Before the Comet Pizza incident, Edgar Maddison Welch was known as a well-meaning father of two girls who unnerved some with his religious fervour and sometimes had trouble detaching himself from the internet.

  Crime

  Dec 7, 2016
• Advertisement
• Fake news claiming Hillary Clinton ran child sex ring led to pizza shop shooting: police

  Police said the suspect was investigating an internet conspiracy theory involving Hillary Clinton that surfaced during the election campaign.

  World

  Dec 5, 2016