"Did America just spend $40 billion to buy Ukraine paintball gear???" comedian Tim Young tweeted in response.Ukraine says it has repelled Russian incursion in Sumy region https://t.co/dE81E0R9P6 pic.twitter.com/une4hkj0M6
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 16, 2022
The photo and the tweet, as well as the accompanying story, provided absolutely no context at all as to why the men pictured were armed with paintball weapons. It could be a bad decision by whomever the editor for the story was, or it could simply be a blatant attempt at misinformation since using an actual photo of actual Ukrainian troops in battle was obviously the better choice. "Maybe Ukrainians really do need the $40 billion if they’re fighting the Russian army with paintball guns?" one Twitter user asked. "And Reuters wonders why nobody trusts legacy media anymore." Meanwhile, a retired U.S. Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey, who served as a drug czar in then-President Bill Clinton's cabinet and is currently a military analyst for MSNBC, posted a clip of a video game on Twitter this week claiming it was Ukraine war footage, per The Post Millennial: The clip in question came from YouTube's "shorts" section, and is titled "Russian MiG-29's Get Shot Down By Air Defense System | Arma 3 #Shorts #Airdefense #Arma3." ARMA 3 is an open world military tactical shooter game for PC published in September 2013. What's captured on video is two in-game jets being shot down by an air defense system set up on the ground. McCaffrey's tweet was deleted at some point after Benny Johnson pointed out the glaring mistake. Also, as Johnson pointed out, Twitter and other social media platforms appear to be in on the false narratives, as usual. "MSNBC’s 'military analyst' is posting fake war videos from a video game. Why is Left-Wing corporate media allowed to spread 'misinformation' about a war, while they advocate for Censorship of Conservatives and Fact Checking of Memes?" Johnson wrote.Did America just spend $40 billion to buy Ukraine paintball gear???
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) May 16, 2022
These are major mistakes that should not ever have happened, but they did, and it simply leads us to believe that these fake reports are being published on purpose to provide a narrative different from the reality on the ground. It has gotten to the point where Americans simply cannot trust much of what they're being told by the corporate media. That makes media sources (like ours) who point that out the only ones they can trust. Sources include: ZeroHedge.com ThePostMillennial.comMSNBC’s “military analyst” is posting fake war videos from a video game.
Why is Left-Wing corporate media allowed to spread “misinformation” about a war, while they advocate for Censorship of Conservatives and Fact Checking of Memes? https://t.co/YDKGSkkvGV — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 16, 2022
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