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ABC caught in massive hoax as Syria "battle footage" actually from Kentucky gun range
-Hoo boy. You really can't make this crap up. Or then again, apparently you can — if you're ABC News.
In the past two days, ABC News has aired footage supposedly showing the shocking attack of invading Turkish forces on Syrian Kurds.
On Sunday, ABC News anchor Tom Llamas aired the footage, claiming it showed a fierce Turkish attack on Kurd civilians.
"The situation rapidly spiraling out of control in northern Syria. One week since President Trump ordered U.S. forces out of that region, effectively abandoning America's allies in the fight against [the Islamic State]," he said.
Llamas described the video saying it appeared to show "Turkey's military bombing Kurd civilians in a Syrian border town. The Kurds, who fought alongside the U.S. against ISIS. Now, horrific reports of atrocities committed by Turkish-backed fighters on those very allies."
On Good Morning America the next day, senior foreign correspondent Ian Pannell, who is in Syria, said "This video, obtained by ABC News, appears to show the fury of the Turkish attack on the border town of Tal Abyad."
Tracer bullets, furious explosions in the dark of night...pretty dramatic stuff. And horrific too, if it were actually from Syria.
Except. It's not...
*videos at link*
ABC caught in massive hoax as Syria “battle footage” actually from Kentucky gun range - Nine Line News
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So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
It's likely that this country as we know it is too far gone.
Propaganda, surveillance, secret state. Who's in charge?
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It's likely that this country as we know it is too far gone.
Propaganda, surveillance, secret state. Who's in charge?
Taco Bell. Taco Bell is in charge.
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So where is this being reported on mainstream news? I don't even see it on the Fox News home pager where you would think it would be.
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So where is this being reported on mainstream news? I don't even see it on the Fox News home pager where you would think it would be.
CNN : Questions swirl after ABC airs video from Kentucky gun range, labeled as Syria - CNN
Lots more : abc news kentucky - Google Search
It's not "end of the world" news.
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These biased news agencies are a disgrace...they should be fined 1 billion dollars
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These biased news agencies are a disgrace...they should be fined 1 billion dollars
It could be that someone scammed them with that video.
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These biased news agencies are a disgrace...they should be fined 1 billion dollars
That's letting them off easy.
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Originally Posted by
Colonel
It could be that someone scammed them with that video.
They may have. But they're in such a rush to broadcast news that puts Trump in a bad light that they don't properly vet anything.
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Yet they still excuse it in their own way:
At least ABC fessed up to the mistake
The NYT's Mike McIntire made an important point on Twitter about "the difference between journalistic mistakes and fake news." Here's what he wrote, in italics:
1. It actually IS a mistake and not willful propaganda
2. It's acknowledged and corrected
3. Partisan opportunists seize on it anyway to claim bias
These are important points! Well at least they acknowledged it! As if they had a choice. It was so blatant they couldn't ignore it. lol.
And the height of hypocrisy coming from CNN.
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