As we told you earlier, ABC News was caught using video on both World News Tonight and Good Morning America that wasn’t at all what it purported to show:
'Why did you think you could get away with this?' ABC World News Tonight 'regrets' getting caught airing footage that wasn't actually from Syria https://t.co/HOaSvoSI6C
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 14, 2019
Wow! ABC News is trying to pass gun range videos as combat footage from Syria pic.twitter.com/zfTWtwwSfZ
— Wojciech Pawelczyk ???? (@PolishPatriotTM) October 14, 2019
ABC News then issued this “correction”:
CORRECTION: 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. ABC News regrets the error.
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) October 14, 2019
Sharyl Attkisson won’t let it end with that “correction,” and wants some questions answered:
If, as ABC states, it mistakenly aired false footage of Turks slaughtering Kurds, then who was responsible for getting that video pushed out… and does it mean there is a propaganda effort pushing the news on this topic? https://t.co/Ft8OcJRxgU https://t.co/48kpwie2LX
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) October 14, 2019
Anybody from ABC News care to respond to Attkisson’s questions? We won’t hold our breath.
Their reporter, supposedly IN SYRIA, claimed it was actually from there. They had TO EDIT IT to crop out the crowd and all their cell phones filming the action.
— Beto Ochoa (@Beto_In_Austin) October 14, 2019
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Who cropped out the crowd? pic.twitter.com/Ain9eXwv5r
— franks_3111 (@franks_3111) October 14, 2019
The most you'll ever get as to whom is responsible is a hearty shrug from ABC. We don't know who puts pictures on our air waves. They just sort of happen and no one is ever to be held accountable.
And of course ABC is pushing propaganda. That's entirely their business model.
— J. Hardman (@cruesome) October 14, 2019
They mistakenly aired false footage that they mistakenly cropped to remove the audience and their iPhones and mistakenly doctored the footage so the explosions were more 'hollywood'.
The only mistake ABC made was how dumb they assume the American public to be. https://t.co/BLw6189CO5
— Ekscalybur (@Ekscalybur) October 14, 2019
You’ll also notice that the bogus Syria video was spotted by a citizen journalist and not by anybody in the mainstream media who like to say “truth” is their business. And with that, Attkisson’s list has gotten even longer:
I'm sorry– I've had to add another. 94 Media Mistakes in the Trump Era: The Definitive List https://t.co/60J31sqHmB
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) October 14, 2019
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