https://twitter.com/suprgtt/status/869207865881505794
Another “fake news” story seems to have quickly evolved:
This website never never never never never never ceases to amaze me pic.twitter.com/kuOS6ooT0B
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) May 29, 2017
Last night, a flashing red light that appeared to be coming from a White House window caught the eye of some in the media:
Red lights flashing at the White House. What's going on? We're checking on it .@wsvn pic.twitter.com/8UncIP9uGB
— Robbin Simmons (@RobbinSimmons7) May 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/869017532749025281
‘Must be the Russians!’ Mysterious red lights flashing inside WH puzzle witnesses (VIDEO) https://t.co/qIMfSvq9fa pic.twitter.com/MKqRTqIH5L
— RT (@RT_com) May 29, 2017
LIVE: Strange red lights are illuminating inside the White House. We're working to find out what is going on. WATCH: https://t.co/QCdAkuHRN8 pic.twitter.com/HUIewCmMsT
— FOX 5 Atlanta (@FOX5Atlanta) May 29, 2017
The reports that red lights were flashing inside the White House spread quickly accompanied by both conspiratorial and snarky comment:
"You guys, there's something wrong with the orb." https://t.co/CyBdw51e2K
— Doug Farrar (@NFL_DougFarrar) May 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/Moj_kobe/status/869040893919084544
https://twitter.com/pacelattin/status/869044265942343680
Why is this presidency marked by an unrelenting string of occult portents https://t.co/A6Ee3BZTIs
— Zombie deGrasse Tyson (@DrNeilTyson) May 29, 2017
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Uh, is this real? If so, what the hell is it? What are they doing at the White House? Why can't anything about the administration be NORMAL? https://t.co/QKiMdJCKbN
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) May 29, 2017
Gives me the willies that the only major media outlet in the *world* to publish a story about those flashing red lights so far is… uh, RT.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) May 29, 2017
Some people thought there was a fairly simple explanation:
Reflection from ambulance in Lafayette Park???
— Chrys Ralph (@chrysralph) May 29, 2017
Oblique reflection of an ambulance seems to be the simplest and most likely answer.
— William Bryant (@wcbryant) May 29, 2017
So all kidding aside, could it be a parked car or ambulance with lights flashing and that's the reflection from below
— Riato (@so_irreverent) May 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/sartorialskwirl/status/869184039437176832
People, the syncopation of the lights make me think that this is an ambulance located near enough to WH to cause a reflection.(short thread) https://t.co/GUWw7wLO4X
— Mean Maria is all "Tom Perez Sucks" (@mitchellscomet) May 29, 2017
And sure enough, that’s what it appears to be:
IMPORTANT NEWS UPDATE: Sean Spicer confirms red lights at WH last night were "the reflection of an ambulance that was in Lafayette park."
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) May 29, 2017
End of story? Not at all!
https://twitter.com/LaPajamas/status/869205004292419584
https://twitter.com/LaPajamas/status/869216929789116418
https://twitter.com/Duramadera/status/869211639425499136
https://twitter.com/Duramadera/status/869216589912080385
I don't believe it was a ambulance in Lafayette park.
— PebblesArtGallery (@ckinney) May 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/melodymuses/status/869220034341728262
wow-there are some flaws in this spin-but why lie about a light…. hmmm. something is amiss.
— amzieaa (@amzieaa) May 29, 2017
Having just watched the video, I do not believe the lights to be a reflection.
— Nick S. (@Stalsomething) May 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/BlueChipLogeBox/status/869206746614685696
ambulances aren't two stories high sheeple, resist the narrative
— Slothy McSloth Sloth (@smcslothsloth) May 29, 2017
Amazing.