Disclaimer (1:15 in video): . . .I have to preface this. Because we are in a western nation that is supportive of Ukraine in this conflict, the vast majority of fake news that we see circulating is anti-Russian. So I will be debunking a lot of this type of information. However I have no doubt that similar fake news is circulating in Russia and in pro-Russian countries showing fake news that is disparaging of Ukrainians . . .
Highlights:
:20 ExampleFake videos show images from earlier conflicts or incidents that are mislabeled for events in Ukraine.
1:15 Disclaimer
1:45 Snake Island incident falsely claimed Ukrainian soldiers died in battle. In reality they were captured by the Russians.
2:35 Tank running over a car: The media falsely reported that a Russian tank intentionally ran over a car in Ukraine. The tank is really Ukrainian, and the tank driver lost control.
3:10 Video of father leaving his family: The report was a Ukrainian man leaving to fight the Russians. The video is really of a man in the rebel territories sending his family to Russia shortly before the star of the war.
3:40 Ghost of Kyiv used video game images for a fake dogfight over Ukraine.
5:45 A fake CNN account falsely claimed that a reporter had died in Ukraine with a debunk of the fake report.
9:30 Fake reports on Russian social media claim that the Russian military is rolling over Ukraine; images from earlier conflicts are reported as from Ukraine war.
I agree with that the first casualty of war is truth. In the era of social media and media narratives, any reports that fit the media’s party line ends up in news reports.
This coordinated fake news that’s been so prevalent for years now, misinforming their listeners with so many half truths and lies, with so many among us believing them hook, line and sinker, the media…including social media…truly is an enemy of the people.
Thanks for dissecting this and laying it all out for everyone to see. The scary part is it’s representative of all the news “we” see.
The war in Donbas has attracted people from all over the world. Some are fighting on side of the rebels and some are on the side of the Ukrainian government forces.
I won’t have anyone bad mouthing the Snake Island thing.
The way that dude says, “This is it. Should I tell them to ■■■■themselves?” and the woman says, “sure, just in case” they don’t know is all time great.
When you figure out how it works, be sure to include that Sweden information you have yet to provide to back your claims from a couple days ago on the list before this newest claim.