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Month: August 2017

Rent A Crowd "Crowds on Demand" – and How Absolutely Everything is Fake

Rent A Crowd "Crowds on Demand" – and How Absolutely Everything is Fake

A local politician came out to speak to an enthusiastic audience? Could be an entirely fake audience of paid participants.[1] A local protest takes to the streets to demand ACTION over whatever – and gets extensive media coverage? Could be a fake group of paid participants. Or sometimes, it is a mix of paid actors plus others who think its an organic, grass roots event. But its fake too. There are “public relations” firms (a.k.a. propaganda firms) that specialize in…

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Another photo not from Charlottesville, VA

Another photo not from Charlottesville, VA

This one is making the rounds – but it is not of Antifa: It is a Getty Images from May 1, 2015 and is identified as related to a Black Lives Matter demonstration. The A in a circle is a symbol used by self described Anarchists. This is not the symbol used by Antifa.  

Photo said to be from August 12 – Charlottesville, VA, circulating on social media is not from August 12

Photo said to be from August 12 – Charlottesville, VA, circulating on social media is not from August 12

The following photo is now circulating widely on social media as shown in this screen capture from Twitter:  The image used here appears, currently, in Google Image search results spanning an astounding 15 pages. The above tweet has alone been shared 227,000 times on social media. This is not the only social media copy, either. It is likely this has now been shared tens of millions of times on social media. The photo, while from Charlottesville, is of a different…

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Old News now: NY Times “large screw-up on climate change story”

Old News now: NY Times “large screw-up on climate change story”

The NY Times reported it had obtained a secret, suppressed government study on climate change that had not been made public … blah blah blah. Except it turned out that (a) the study draft had gone out for public comment in December 2016, and (b) the full draft was readily available in The Internet Archive since January. In other words, it was not secret and not suppressed. The NY Times reporter has since said they were not familiar with The…

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Old News now: NY Times "large screw-up on climate change story"

Old News now: NY Times "large screw-up on climate change story"

The NY Times reported it had obtained a secret, suppressed government study on climate change that had not been made public … blah blah blah. Except it turned out that (a) the study draft had gone out for public comment in December 2016, and (b) the full draft was readily available in The Internet Archive since January. In other words, it was not secret and not suppressed. The NY Times reporter has since said they were not familiar with The…

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