Video surfaced Sunday showing what appears to be a CNN film crew staging or at the very least, assisting with the optics of an anti-ISIS Muslim protest in London.
Film crews from CNN, BBC, and the AP set up in the middle of the street well before any protest began and before protesters were in place.
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CNN denies the fake news accusations, contending they were simply filming what happened. They claim that police allowed demonstrators into a sectioned off area “so they could show their signs”.
CNN’s denials might be more believable if they weren’t on tape directing the photoshoot.
Maybe CNN is “staging real news”?
Brian Stelter on Twitter
Far-right twitterers are misleading folks about this video. Bloggers saying CNN was caught “staging fake news” (1/2) https://t.co/lvz6xznj18
Brian Stelter on Twitter
Police allowed demonstrators thru cordon “so they could show their signs” to media, @CNNPR says. CNN, BBC, AP “simply filmed them doing so.
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