Pizzagate

Pizzagate is one of the most most notable news subjects and Conspiracy Theories in True Capitalist Radio since Ghost's return in 2016. The conspiracy accuses serval notable members of Democratic Party and GOP as well as the staff of Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in Washington D.C. of being involved in a child trafficking ring as well as practicing of Satanism and pedophilia.

The conspiracy has been labeled as false by many skeptics because of the large amount of Confirmation Bias it relies on and the sketchy nature of most of the evidence relating to the case.

Ever since Ghost first mentioned it during Episode 387, Pizzagate has been a frequent subject matter during True Capitalist Radio broadcasts.

Background
The conspiracy was originally sparked by a series of E-mail leaks from Hillary Clinton as well as John Podesta the Chair and Counselor, of the Center for American Progress (CAP), a liberal think tank in Washington, D.C. in early November. These emails contained odd messages w

hich some people considered to be coded language, similar to how drug dealers refer to various substances and quantities using code words. Some of the key words that frequently appeared in the E-mails were: hot dog, pizza, cheese, pasta, and dominos.

Theories started to quickly develop that Comet Ping Pong Pizzeria was somehow connected to the case after a series of strange images were found from the social media feed of Comet Ping Pong owner, James Alefantis. Alefantis was also the gay lover of Media Matters founder David Brock who was quickly brought into this case through this link.

Coverage by Ghost
Ghost first mentioned the controvesy in Episode 387 before it was called Pizzagate and went on extensively about how he believed the conspiracy was related to the disappearance of Johnny Gosh. Ghost explained how he believed that the Gosh case was part of an elaborate government operation dedicated to kidnapping children so that the bureaucrats could use them for their own sexual practices and how the government was trying to hide just how common child kidnappings are in the United States.

TrumpinCapitalist has also been conducting his own research on the subject matter, relating to a series of alleged emergency tunnels going under Washington D.C. similar to Metro-2 in Moscow, that possibly connect to Comet Ping Pong building underground.

Trolling
Pizzagate quickly became a popular way to troll through Twitter Shoutouts with Ghost expressing disgust at Twitter names such as "Podesta Pizza Party", "Podesta Pepperoni Pizza" and "Boys Pants Drop At Comets"

On the other hand, calls relating to Pizzagate have been a lot less successful. Because of Pizzagate, Ghost has become extremely vigilant against various splices and calls relating to pedophilia. After Captain Howdy's splice which portrayed Ghost as a pedophile was played on the show, Ghost quickly cut off the caller dropped his usual acting and went on a tranquil fury mode warning trolls that he wasn't going to allow humor related to pedophilia in his show. After another caller tried to play the same splice, Ghost cut him off and lived up to his promises by offering a free autograph for anyone who would dox Captain Howdy. This incident forced Howdy to change his name into an currently unknown alias and swiftly ended any pedophilia related splices in TCR for a while.