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Why the FUCK don't people research shit before they spread bull shit rumors!!!
3. What reporters and fact-checkers found when they looked
"Independent journalists who checked Walter Reed and reverse-searched viral footage found discrepancies: at least one filmed scene shared widely was traced back to the aftermath of a 2024 motorcade event, not April 4, and on-the-ground images showed no Marine One, no presidential motorcade and roads open around the hospital at the times claimed by social posts <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/worl...rom-walter-reed-hospital-101775335804752.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">[3]</a> <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/worl...white-house-takes-action-101775326051011.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">[4]</a>. Fact-check pieces from outlets such as Hindustan Times and IBTimes UK catalogued the recycled video and the lack of contemporaneous verification from medical or White House authorities"
https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/has-trump-been-taken-to-walter-reed-hospital-4df9a5
Mark Twain: Never let facts get in the way of a good story...
A quote that today's "journalists" really take to heart.
They get paid for views, not for telling the truth. And you know people ate that up. Some probably threw parties.
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