Pictures don't lie. People do. By creative cutting and editing for example.
Watch this clip, shared by reporter Andy Ngo, the son of Vietnamese refugees:
Looks awful, right? A man being brutally attacked for apparently nothing. Outragous!
But here's the full clip, 'accidentally' not shared by Andy Ngo:
Different story now, eh? Mr. Ngo (and he's not the only one) is known to show pictures and videos out of context to fit his narrative. His goal is to deliberately polarize society. Perhaps to make money with his 'journalism', perhaps to simply provoke. Or maybe he is simply an attention seeker. Like that time he got 'shaked': someone
threw a milskhake at his face and he claimed he sufferend braindamage from the 'attack'. My guess: his brain was damaged before his face was covered in milkshake. And yes, he has punched in the face too. A terrible act, whoever committed it.
Remember
Richard Hopkins? This postal worker claimed ballots had been tempered with in favor of Joe Biden. He later withdrew his (false) claims because an investigation proved them to be fabricated. Mr. Hopkins just hoped to get the $25,000 reward from
Project Veritas 'for any believable story that claims the elections were rigged.'
Project Veritas is known for tempering with video- and audiomaterial, mainly to discredit the American Democratic Party.
So,
before sharing a picture or a video with the claim 'pictures don't lie', make sure you are not sharing a false claim. Let's keep the internet clean!
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