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This is a perfect example of why social media is a total disaster and no one should be trusting it for anything at all. There are many, many things that seem to
by creato 6y ago
This is a perfect example of why social media is a total disaster and no one should be trusting it for anything at all. There are many, many things that seem to be taken as fact on social media that are impossible to find on any reputable media source. Maybe the crowd was chanting hang Mike Pence, maybe not. I'll wait until a credible source reports it. The AP had reporters in the crowd (getting assaulted [1]), presumably many other organizations did as well, I expect them to report what they heard.
There are many other examples (both from this incident and others) already prevalent, including on HN, which is really depressing.
1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/01/09/he-was-documenting-chaotic-scene-when-suddenly-trump-supporters-turned-their-ire-him/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/01/09/he-was-docum...
- tomjakubowski 6y agoVideo of the crowd at the Capitol chanting "Hang Mike Pence", which was a trivial Google search away. https://twitter.com/ExportedFromMI/status/1347763885646827522 https://twitter.com/ExportedFromMI/status/134776388564682752... Reuters photographer eyewitness confirming it was a common refrain and discussed openly. https://twitter.com/jimbourg/status/1347559078831284227 https://twitter.com/jimbourg/status/1347559078831284227 Myriad videos from the day too of people shouting things like "WHERE'S PENCE?", sometimes at capitol police.
- pantalaimon 6y agoWhat else would they be chanting, Hang my pants?
- aaronbrethorst 6y agoOr perhaps they were chanting “Boo-urns”
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- wvenable 6y agoAt least these you don't have to rely on a reputable source -- much of what happened in the capitol was captured on video. In some cases, it was streamed live. You still need to take care to see the entire context of the situation -- It's still easy to be fooled by a 2 minute clip but it's much harder with a 20 minute or hour long clip.
- bjtitus 6y agoI'm not really sure how a longer clip or even a live stream is as reliable as a reputable source + those things. They can both be easily dubbed over and manipulated as well. I don't think it will be long before this is happening regularly. If a reporter and publication release the evidence and also stand by it's authenticity, that definitely lends more credence and at least allow you to filter where information is coming from by reliability.