Dissecting the #PizzaGate Conspiracy Theories

In the span of a few weeks, a false rumor that Hillary Clinton and her top aides were involved in various crimes snowballed into a wild conspiracy theory that they were running a child-trafficking ring out of a Washington pizza parlor.

In this piece we looked into 8 of the claims that gave PizzaGate momentum.

In collaboration with Jon Huang and Cecilia Kang.
Dissecting the #PizzaGate Conspiracy Theories
Dissecting the #PizzaGate Conspiracy Theories