On December 1, 2016, Edgar Maddison Welch walked into the Comet Ping Pong restaurant in northwest Washington D.C. and fired shots using an AR-15 rifle. Fortunately, no one was hurt in the attack, and Welch surrendered to police without further incident. The reason for his brazen attack? Welch had been following online conspiracy theories which … Continue reading Validating New Information in a 24/7 Media-Driven World