Episode 10: Method Over Myth

3 parts

Zero evidence for Pizzagate in 2.1 million documents, four tiers of claim verification, and why method is the protagonist of this investigation. Each part builds on the last — investigative analysis drawn from court filings, financial records, and released documents. Browse all episodes or the full investigation archive.

  1. Part 1 Pizzagate: Zero Evidence in 2.1 Million Documents Public Discourse

    A systematic search of 2.1 million documents across 12 DOJ data sets produces zero evidence supporting Pizzagate conspiracy theories (PAPER TRAIL Projec...

  2. Part 2 Four Tiers of Verification Public Discourse

    Every factual claim in the PAPER TRAIL documentary series is assigned one of four evidence tiers: T1 (government primary source), T2 (corpus-derived), T...

  3. Part 3 Method as Protagonist Public Discourse

    PAPER TRAIL presents analytical methodology rather than individuals as the narrative protagonist. The machine's process of discovery -- how it extracts...