How Pizzagate Pusher Mike Cernovich Keeps Getting People Fired - 2018-07-21

How Pizzagate Pusher Mike Cernovich Keeps Getting People Fired July 21, 2018, Luke O'Brien, Huffington Post

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To understand Cernovich's war on the press — and his gripe with Bernard and Berger — requires a familiarity with the alt-lite, a group of nativist "Make America Great Again" propagandists and grifters who got their name because of their ideological proximity to the white nationalist "alt-right" movement.

Cernovich is a ringleader in the group, whose members include anti-Muslim Laura Loomer, British fascist and former Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos, conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec and Lucian Wintrich, a smarmy white supremacist-friendly correspondent for The Gateway Pundit, a far-right propaganda outlet. These dirty tricksters, several of whom have received press credentials from the Trump White House, all work to subvert the real media.

The alt-lite's fake news ecosystem sprouted from the far-right fever swamp created by Fox News and a tireless effort by movement conservatives to demonize the media. But the new breed of alt-lite ratfucker is feral, with an ability to directly sway gullible minds through social media. Twitter and other social media platforms have abetted the rise of frauds, racists and fascists who spread lies and can easily form cybermobs. This is a worrisome development for the truth business.

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