ABC issued a correction and apology Monday for reportedly using video from a Kentucky gun range while falsely claiming it depicted a fierce battle between Syrian Kurds and Turkish forces.
The network aired the footage on Sunday night and Monday morning, framing it as battlefield video, when, in fact, it appears to be from a night gun demonstration at the Knob Creek Gun Range in West Point, Kentucky.
The footage first aired on Sunday's "World News Tonight" as anchor Tom Llamas claimed it showed a Turkish attack on a group of Kurdish civilians in a Syrian border town.
The chyron beneath the video read: "CRISIS IN SYRIA. ISIS prisoners escape as death toll rises in attack."
ABC responded to the error on Twitter Monday and issued a correction.
"CORRECTION: We’ve taken down video that aired on “World News Tonight" Sunday and “Good Morning America” this morning that appeared to be from the Syrian border immediately after questions were raised about its accuracy," the network tweeted. "ABC News regrets the error."
"Good Morning America" also tweeted out a correction on Monday that was identical to the one released by "World News Tonight."
The video appears identical to online footage called “Knob Creek night shoot 2017.” At one point in the broadcast, the clip was described as being "obtained by ABC News."
The clip showed people firing tracer rounds as massive explosions occurred in the distance, while bystanders used cell phones to record.
Now they can push the g un control narrative. "Look what's happening in Kentucky, why do they need all that to hunt?" They'll find a way to make hay out of this.
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Fight fire, save lives, laugh in the face of danger.
"Dear liberals, this is what real machine guns can do, (when the targets are rigged with explosives ahead of time). Stop worrying about my danged semiautomatic rifle. "
An unemployed Jester, is nobody's Fool.
the only real difference between a good tracker and a bad tracker, is observation. all the same data is present for both. The rest, is understanding what you're seeing.
Now they can push the g un control narrative. "Look what's happening in Kentucky, why do they need all that to hunt?" They'll find a way to make hay out of this.
This. Sorry, Mr. McInnis, I dont believe "honest mistake" for a minute.
ABC journalists to peon: " Send up a clip of some intense night firefighting with LOTS of tracers and explosions and noise from stock video archives I can use to add some shock value, garner sympathy for the Kurds and point the finger of blame at Trump to my story."
ABC journalists to peon: " Send up a clip of some intense night firefighting with LOTS of tracers and explosions and noise from stock video archives I can use to add some shock value, garner sympathy for the Kurds and point the finger of blame at Trump to my story."
PREZACTLY
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
Now they can push the g un control narrative. "Look what's happening in Kentucky, why do they need all that to hunt?" They'll find a way to make hay out of this.
This. Sorry, Mr. McInnis, I dont believe "honest mistake" for a minute.
I do think the sarcasm font was used... Happy B-day McInnis.
"I can't be canceled, because, I don't give a fuuck!" --- Kid Rock 2022
Now they can push the g un control narrative. "Look what's happening in Kentucky, why do they need all that to hunt?" They'll find a way to make hay out of this.
This. Sorry, Mr. McInnis, I dont believe "honest mistake" for a minute.
I do think the sarcasm font was used... Happy B-day McInnis.
Yeah, I sorta thought so too.
I really really do need to learn the keyboard shortcut strokes for that sarcasm font.
Or, we have to talk Rick into putting it in the "Full Editor" feature.
Maybe get us some new quilts too.
Geno
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Come on in, just be sure to bring some money with you, cause there isn't any here. The economy has been so depressed for the last 40 years that half the populations of Indiana and Ohio have moved in. They can sell their 1 bed, 1 bath shack up in Indianapolis and that money will buy a 3 story McMansion and a pontoon slip on one of the lakes down here.
All them bullets flying at the Knob Creek machine gun shoot are bought by drunk Hoosiers and doctors from Nashville.
ABC journalists to peon: " Send up a clip of some intense night firefighting with LOTS of tracers and explosions and noise from stock video archives I can use to add some shock value, garner sympathy for the Kurds and point the finger of blame at Trump to my story."
"I want rockets - lots of rockets!"
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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