Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Fake News and the dishonest media



ABC News issued an apology Monday for using footage of a Kentucky gun range and passing it off to be footage of a violent clash in Syria.
According to Becket Adams at the Washington Examiner, ABC's segment on "Slaughter in Syria" featured the footage.

What are the details?

ABC aired the footage on Sunday and Monday, purporting it to be feature footage from northern Syria.
Video of the deadly clash between the Syrian Kurds and the invading Turks turned out to be nothing more than a nighttime machine gun demonstration from Knob Creek Gun Range in West Point, Kentucky, according to the outlet.
The network has issued an apology for its mistake and yanked the video.
A network representative told the Examiner in a statement about the decision to take down the video.
"We've taken down video that aired on 'World News Tonight Sunday' and 'Good Morning America' this morning that appeared to be from the Syrian border immediately after questions were raised about its accuracy," the spokesperson said. "ABC News regrets the error."

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