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CNN has effectively admitted that their "freed Syrian prisoner" story is a hoax. (twitter.com)
posted 1 year ago by YesMovement 1 year ago by YesMovement +71 / -0
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– Grumman 2 points 1 year ago +2 / -0

"Hoax" is the wrong word for this. An intelligence officer disguising himself as a prisoner to evade capture is a different kind of deception than if the CNN had knowingly falsified his "rescue."

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– ailurus 5 points 1 year ago +5 / -0

No, hoax is the right word. Well, hoax or extreme levels of idiocy even for CNN (which is quite a stretch, I know).

First, why is there only one locked door in the whole prison?

Second, why do they cut the camera when "shooting the lock off" (which is it's own issue)?

Third, why does the guy look fairly put together despite having supposedly been in jail for ages?

Fourth, and most importantly, a guy who has been in pitch blackness without food for 4-5 days is going to be shaky on his feet at best. Without water for 4-5 days like they claimed? You're going to be lucky to be alive.

This thing was full of red flags for anyone who spent even a few seconds looking at it. Now, granted, I assumed CNN staged the thing (which Ward has a history of doing) rather than an intel officer faking it to try to escape capture but either way it's a fake.

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– raptor_jesus 1 point 1 year ago +1 / -0

Go down to the local special ed school and convince a kid in a helmet that you've got a double shiny Mew that's a shiny shiny and that's why it looks like a normal Mew. If he goes and shows it off to his friends saying it's a double shiny who is in the wrong here?

CNN is retarded.

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