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Originally posted by Sparko View PostThey were making a handful of people look like a crowd of demonstrators. That is fake news.The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by carpedm9587 View PostYour opinion is noted. That is not what my research suggests happened. It IS what the right-wing blogs that promoted that theme sought to get sent around as a message. You have apparently bought into that message. I have not. Individuals who were there and observed what occurred do not agree with the right-wing blogs.
This guy is on your side of the fence - this is just one of a number of his videos calling out CNN for its fake reporting.
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Originally posted by carpedm9587 View PostOriginally posted by SparkoThey were making a handful of people look like a crowd of demonstrators. That is fake news.
And it wasn't JUST CNN doing it - The AP was in on it too:
But I am sure your "research" (read, "Cherry Picking Google") didn't show you any of that. But the article I linked to did.
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Originally posted by carpedm9587 View PostIf they go "find fake protestors" (which is what they were generally, and falsely, accused of doing), then it would be "fake news." If they ask a group of people to relocate for light purposes, sound purposes, or to avoid conflict (i.e., too many people walking through the shot) - why on earth would I care?
The fake news is not CNN - it's the fake news ABOUT CNN (in this instance). The other two were similar (at least in kind).The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Teallaura View PostThey stage managed the photo - inherently dishonest.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostCalled it.
JimMy brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19
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Originally posted by carpedm9587 View PostIf they ask a group of people to relocate for light purposes, sound purposes, or to avoid conflict (i.e., too many people walking through the shot) - why on earth would I care?Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostYou should care because it should be a news organization's job to document things exactly how they happen and not to stage manage the participants in order to achieve a desired result. What CNN did in that instance was break one of the cardinal rules of the news industry. People have been stripped of awards when it was discovered that they staged or otherwise manipulated the story they were covering. Even "PhotoShopping" an image beyond basic color correction is strictly forbidden by the National Press Photographers Association.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Teallaura View PostThe ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by Sparko View Post
And it wasn't JUST CNN doing it - The AP was in on it too:
But I am sure your "research" (read, "Cherry Picking Google") didn't show you any of that. But the article I linked to did.The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View Postyour bias is showing
There's just nothing here, folks. A lot of hype from a far-right blog or two that is not substantiated by anything I have found, other than those sites that parroted the blog and cherry-picked video. I'm not buying it.The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostKinda like when the police show up at a crime scene -- they can rearrange the scene, evidence and actors to suit their camera views, and that's perfectly OK.
CP - you're comparing apples to oranges here. Some part of you HAS to know that...The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostYou should care because it should be a news organization's job to document things exactly how they happen and not to stage manage the participants in order to achieve a desired result. What CNN did in that instance was break one of the cardinal rules of the news industry. People have been stripped of awards when it was discovered that they staged or otherwise manipulated the story they were covering. Even "PhotoShopping" an image beyond basic color correction is strictly forbidden by the National Press Photographers Association.The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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