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joshcryer

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10. The 2010 photos were debunked rather quickly on social media.
Thu Apr 25, 2013, 12:42 AM
Apr 2013

The newspapers that posted them had no real credibility before the fact and were more like tabloid rags. Of course, they are used to represent the opposition when the opposition was first to make it clear that the photos were a false flag attempt to mislead. I can find the link if you want but one of the top opposition people tweeted not to buy into false and misleading reports. The photos themselves were from an obscure CNE website gallery. Whoever sent the photos out had very misleading intentions and it was all designed to destroy credibility of those who bought into it. It wasn't someone just seeing some photos and being misled, someone literally went to the CNE gallery, found the photos, and intentionally misrepresented them. I would find it hard to believe that an opposition member would do that (since ultimately the truth would come out). I think, like with the Occupy protests, someone on the chavista side decided to mislead people with false information.

Fortunately social media didn't buy into it and the only newspaper that did was a tabloid rag to begin with.

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