Question Mainstream Media

Main point: an image being used as evidence in the impeachment of former President Donald Trump has been tampered with.   So, according to one source, this image is being used as evidence in the impeachment of former President Donald Trump.    Here is the video , from a different source apparently (note the different background behind the TV), that the image was taken from. UPDATE 3/3/2021: Here is the Archived page, I'm going to start doing this so we can curtail accusations of photoshopping on my end. Archive However, the Jennifer Lynn Lawrence from that @ has something to say about this.   Notice, she does not challenge the content of the tweet itself, just the fact that a blue verification badge has indeed been added. This image was taken from Facebook, so i went looking for the original. I found it here . Archive (3/3/2021) Here is my own screenshot of the post, note the time stamp, 18 hours ago from the time I took the screenshot, and lack of verification badge. Here is a po

      There's a video circulating, and there's some mixup about when and where it was taken.    Major points: 1. The video predates the January 6th riot. 2. The man in the video doesn't say where he is.  3. Whether the people being bussed in are in fact Antifa or not is unknown to me at this time.   Here 's an example ( Archive 3/3/2021): The title reads:  "He says ANTIFA being bussed into DC by Police and he has video proof!!!! Washington DC" The date of this posting is indeed January 6th, 2021, which on the surface of it would appear to be ironclad as far as the date is concerned. But there's two problems with that. There's at least two sources of this video predating 2021. One can be found on Facebook here , ( Archive 3/3/2021) and the other on Twitter is here . ( Archive 3/3/2021) I tried sharing these links before, and apparently one of them came up as a dead link for the other person, so i'll share screenshots.     Where this video originat

 This is more as a reminder to myself rather than to impress anyone with my "rigor".   1. I will read each article a minimum of three times.  2. I will read each article out loud, slowly, at least one of those times. 3. I will make at least one visual representation of that article, mapping its important facts.  4. If an article does not have original sources in the article, links to those original sources, or at the least the name of the original source, I will disregard it as hearsay.  5. Where sources are not given, I will search for them. If they cannot be found, I will not assume that absence of evidence is evidence of absence, but remain uncertain until more facts come to light. 6. I will not consciously exercise bias in my examinations. If one of the "good guys" gets called out for wrongdoing, I will not presume that any person is above wrongdoing, or that their position outweighs the gravity of their actions.  7. I will exercise the discernment of the free