Screenshots and videos shared across social media, the Netizens have pointed out that the media house MSNBC falsely claims to have used a clip from the action zombie movie World War Z in its coverage of the protests in Philadelphia.
The Netizens were quick to point out the sharing of a doctored video that had the graphics and voice over from an authentic MSNBC report being mixed with visuals from the World War Z movie trailer. MSNBC confirmed to the reports to Reuters that the edited video and screenshots from it were fake.
A twitter user “Bad Scooter” took responsibility for creating the doctored clip, “I’m not part of any group, I’m not even a trump supporter. It was just a dumb joke/edited video out of the stupid boredom and I apologize!”
*** MSNBC NEVER USED THE WORLD WAR Z CLIP!! PERIOD!
AUDIO TAKEN FROM THIS REAL VIDEO LAST NIGHT (BELOW), WITH GRAPHICS ON TOP OF A TRAILER RIPPED FROM YOU TUBE.
AGAIN, MSNBC NEVER NEVER AIRED THE WWZ FOOTAGE!!*** #WorldWarZ #PHILLY #MSNBC #FAKEVIDEO #NOCONSPIRACY #BADJUDGEMENT pic.twitter.com/Y9osxvyTFI
— Bad Scooter (@OfficialSlop) June 1, 2020
The twitter user also tweeted a link to a clip of the original MSNBC broadcast showing people outside a Foot Locker store during the riots in Philadelphia, he presented to show the source of the voice-over audio and graphics.
Well that escalated quickly. YES, that MSNBC clip was from World War Z, I even marked the video above the MSNBC logo "NOT REAL."
I dramatically underestimated Twitter, many pointed it out, some claimed it was "real"-that was stupid of me.
I apologize #Philly #WorldWarZ pic.twitter.com/8O52I5iEmn
— Bad Scooter (@OfficialSlop) June 1, 2020
The Netizens were quick to call it distress over “fake news,” in the posts on twitter, the screenshots from the doctored video and the movie World War Z are placed alongside each other to notice to key difference. Lost of the posts falsely claim that the screenshots together are evidence of clearly “fake news.”
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