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One thing I put a lot of stock in is actual video of the news item being reported.Old trope: Believe nothing you hear, and only half of what you see. It would be nice if photos and videos actually depicted the accompanying narrative, but we know that is no longer necessarily the case.
There are plenty of photos and videos that have been debunked as actually being from a time or place not the event being described. Russia routinely denies culpability for videos of bombed out Ukraine towns. Syrians, the same. Several right-wing crews create absolutely dishonest videos, clips of which Fox has gleefully shared. 2000 Mules comes to mind, as do the videos Fox shared of clandestine filming done in Planned Parenthood offices, and, yes, even border 'panic' videos.
1) The video is from March 2023, not May 2023. It shows a crowd of frustrated migrants who tried to enter the U.S. from Mexico to seek asylum.
"A May 12 Twitter video (direct link, archive link) shows a large crowd of people pushing past barricades and clashing with police."JUST IN: Massive violent caravan headed to the United States Border," reads the video's caption. "Will The Biden Administration do anything to stop this?" The video was retweeted more than 4,000 times and shared on Facebook more than 300 times in five days."https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023...2)
Photo of 2018 migrant caravan falsely shared online as current
By JOSH KELETY May 11, 2023. CLAIM: A photo shows 700,000 migrants heading to the U.S.-Mexico border as pandemic-related asylum restrictions are set to expire. AP'S ASSESSMENT: False. The photo is being misrepresented. It was taken in 2018 and shows a migrant caravan making its way into Mexico from Guatemala, on its way to the U.S.
