Joseph Goebbels, the father of modern propaganda.
Joseph Goebbels, the father of modern propaganda.

Fake news graduates to real gunshots, time to pay attention

The father of modern propaganda, Hitler’s henchman Joseph Goebbels, taught the more you repeated a lie, the more those hearing it will believe it to be true.
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By Alec Hogg

LONDON – On Sunday, 28 year old Edgar M Welch walked into a Washington DC pizza outlet, pointed his AR-15 assault rifle at an employee, swung around and fired off some warning rounds.

This was no random or lunatic attack. Welch, a father of two who volunteered at the local Fire Station on weekends, had driven six hours from his home in North Carolina. He was determined to "self investigate" Comet Ping Pong, a pizzeria he believed was the hub of a satanic child abuse ring controlled by politicians.

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