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Fact check: Image altered to show CNN report saying Taliban takeover was 'violent but mostly peaceful'
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/fact-check-image-altered-to-show-cnn-report-saying-taliban-takeover-was-violent-but-mostly-peaceful/ar-AANsZ6q ^

Posted on 08/18/2021 12:18:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin

The image shows a reporter with a gas mask and goggles. Behind him is a military helicopter. Another graphic in the top left corner of the image identifies the scene as Kabul, Afghanistan.


(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: cnn; mostlypeaceful
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Pinkos have no sense of humor...and hate being mocked...
1 posted on 08/18/2021 12:18:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Put snopes on it.


2 posted on 08/18/2021 12:20:22 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: BenLurkin

They are batting a thousand!


3 posted on 08/18/2021 12:21:27 PM PDT by KC_Lion
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To: BenLurkin

What about this Video?
CNN Reporter: “They’re just chanting ‘Death to America’ but they seem friendly at the same time.”
https://rumble.com/vl8jsr-theyre-just-chanting-death-to-america-but-they-seem-friendly-at-the-same-ti.html


4 posted on 08/18/2021 12:22:13 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: BenLurkin

Lol. I love it when folks like us get under their skins. Bunch of snowflakes offended by microaggressions.


5 posted on 08/18/2021 12:23:49 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: BenLurkin
What freaking idiots to have to "fact check" such blatantly obvious satire.


6 posted on 08/18/2021 12:25:49 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Criminal democrats kill babies. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?”)
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To: All

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These “Fact Checks” are just more far left activism.

Biden has lied for 20 years and there are no Fact checks.

They clear Lefties and attack anyone that’s not in
Woke Mob.

Snopes is their goal.

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7 posted on 08/18/2021 12:26:15 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (‘’)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Pinkos have no sense of humor, and they hate being mocked.


8 posted on 08/18/2021 12:27:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Pinkos have no sense of humor, and they hate being mocked.


9 posted on 08/18/2021 12:27:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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"In the aftermath, CNN is taking heat for a report and graphic it did not air."

"Is that wrong? I swear, I just don't see that as being wrong."

10 posted on 08/18/2021 12:27:52 PM PDT by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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To: BenLurkin
Bigger image from the Bee on August 14.


11 posted on 08/18/2021 12:28:06 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Criminal democrats kill babies. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?”)
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To: BenLurkin

Both Snopes and USA Today fact-checkers have shown they have zero understanding of satire as they have been checking Babylon Bee articles in the past. (Or to be gracious, it’s possible they do understand and they realize their audience are nimrods.)


12 posted on 08/18/2021 12:28:26 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: BenLurkin

Mostly peaceful...no on-camera rapes and beheadings.


13 posted on 08/18/2021 12:30:33 PM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: BenLurkin

wonder what their first clue was?


14 posted on 08/18/2021 12:30:38 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: janetjanet998

Your usual friendly rapists and murderers.


15 posted on 08/18/2021 12:31:47 PM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: BenLurkin

Fact checking obvious satire. These people are in panic mode.


16 posted on 08/18/2021 12:33:09 PM PDT by beef (The Chinese have a little secret—diversity is _not_ a strength.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Fauci loves them.


17 posted on 08/18/2021 12:33:31 PM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: BenLurkin

Well, put all of CNNs administrators, executives in Kabul to report to the world how peaceful it is.


18 posted on 08/18/2021 12:34:57 PM PDT by Karoo
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To: BenLurkin

It’s not a lie if you believe it.


19 posted on 08/18/2021 12:35:41 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1
It's hard to tell what they might be thinking when they decide to "fact check" satire. Maybe they think that they can impugn and smear conservatives and the Bee as stupid, irresponsible idiots by their ridiculous "fact check"?

It's surprising they haven't "fact checked" Goldilocks and the Three Bears.


20 posted on 08/18/2021 12:41:43 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Criminal democrats kill babies. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?”)
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