Musk Deletes “Pizzagate” Meme After Huge Backlash

November 28, 2023 Idiocracy, Social Media

Futurism reports:

After getting in so much trouble over co-signing antisemitism that he had to go on an apology tour to Israel, noted tech weirdo Elon Musk tweeted a Pizzagate meme — and then deleted it, seemingly realizing that once again he had self-inflicted a terrible self-own.

In a post made on the social network he owns that’s still visible via the Internet Archive, Musk shared a years-outdated meme featuring characters from NBC’s “The Office” having a back-and-forth exchange about the thoroughly-debunked Pizzagate conspiracy theory, which improbably alleges that ranking Democrats including Hillary Clinton ran a child sex trafficking ring out of a pizza parlor in Washington, DC.

The since-deleted meme revolves around the latest iteration of the conspiracy theory that suggests the recent jailing of former ABC reporter James Gordon Meek for possession of child sexual abuse imagery is somehow part of a Pizzagate coverup.

Reuters reported back in August:



A headline circulating online attributed to the New York Post falsely claims that James Gordon Meek, a former ABC reporter who has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges, is also the reporter who “debunked” the well-known conspiracy theory known as “Pizzagate”.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, on July 21, Meek pleaded guilty to transportation and possession of child sexual abuse material. The image circulating features a New York Post headline that reads, “Award winning ABC journalist who ‘debunked’ pizzagate, pleads guilty in horrific child porn case.” No such headline exists on the New York Post’ website, however.

According to an AP report, Meek joined the outlet in 2013 as an investigative reporter and “covered national issues for the network until he resigned last year.” Meek did not publish an investigation about or “debunk Pizzagate” while at ABC.

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