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Cure Worse Than Disease: We Filmed REAL BLM Protesters Burning a Bible. NY Times Tried to ‘Debunk’ It With Actual FAKE NEWS

by mosesman

  • Cure Worse Than Disease: We Filmed REAL BLM Protesters Burning a Bible. NY Times Tried to ‘Debunk’ It With Actual FAKE NEWS
    by https://www.rt.com/
    Mainstream media have denounced Ruptly video of Portland protesters burning Bibles as ‘Russian disinfo’, countering the unaltered viral footage with fake news of their own in bad-faith ‘shoot the messenger’ gaslighting.
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    Protesters gather around a burning Bible, chanting “F*** Trump” as they neatly drape first an American flag over the flames, in the original video, which clocks in at under 90 seconds. A few of the demonstrators rub their hands over the tiny fire, aping warming themselves as the flames devour the book.
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    It’s an incendiary image (no pun intended) – protesters already denounced from some corners as anti-American taking aim at beloved national and religious symbols – but Ruptly didn’t attempt to interpret the video beyond explaining the events took place on the 65th day of protests, after federal agents had left the courthouse. The images speak for themselves.
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