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The Routine Use of Fake Images and Video Footage by the Western Media
Image. CNN Report: “Chinese Cops” in Tibet: Footage of a protest movement in India, 2008
It has become routine for the mainstream media including network TV to present fake images and footage of protest movements.
This process of manipulating the truth and presenting fake images is nothing new. When it is discovered, CNN or the BBC will invariably apologize for having used the “wrong image”, from the “wrong country” from its extensive archives.
The February 2014 anti-government riots in Venezuela were “documented” by numerous fake images.
“Here are some brutal cops, with nice woolly caps and fur collars to guard against the 24°C Caracas weather, I assume.”
“This one is so iconic! But CNN had to admit that the graphic photo depicting a Venezuelan cop threatening a protester was actually taken in Singapore. See Constructing the Deception of the Anti-Government “Protests” in Venezuela: A Photo Gallery, Global Research, 18 February 2014
Green Square Tripoli, 2011.
Libyans are seen celebrating the victory of Rebel forces over Gaddafi in this BBC News Report (see below)
Philosophers stone – selected views from the boat http://philosophers-stone.co.uk
Source: http://www.philosophers-stone.co.uk/?p=1947
