ABC Information perpetuated Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) faux propaganda when it shared pictures that appeared to point out her and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) being handcuffed by police.
As viral video revealed on Tuesday, the 2 congresswomen had been filmed holding their fingers behind their backs as in the event that they had been handcuffed whereas being escorted by police away from a pro-abortion protest in entrance of the Supreme Courtroom. At one level, AOC’s “miraculously” disappeared so she might throw up an influence image.
After all, no person would know this in the event that they had been getting their info solely from ABC Information, which confirmed AOC and Ilhan Omar from a special angle as a way to feign the looks that two congresswomen had been being escorted away from a pro-abortion protest in handcuffs.
JUST IN: Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Omar and different Home Democrats arrested in abortion rights protest on the Supreme Courtroom. https://t.co/N5z1UTto8x pic.twitter.com/7MMJk2a7Rj
— ABC Information (@ABC) July 19, 2022
ABC Information made positive to say that “no handcuffs had been seen” a number of paragraphs into the report.
Seventeen lawmakers in whole had been arrested, in response to Capitol Police, together with Reps. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Illinois’ Jan Schakowsky. The cost was crowding, obstructing or incommoding, police stated.
Officers on the Supreme Courtroom informed the protesters that they had been taking part in “unlawful demonstration exercise” earlier than advising anybody who didn’t wish to get arrested to go away, which sparked singing and chanting from the group.
Officers then started arresting the demonstrators, although no handcuffs had been seen. Police additionally collected IDs and took footage of these arrested — together with of a number of the lawmakers — and introduced water to the staging space for protesters to drink.
For sure, conservative Twitter didn’t let ABC Information off the hook for its selection of {photograph}:
ABC cannot actually use these photographs.
AOC and Ilhan Omar are PRETENDING to be handcuffed. https://t.co/bWgegzAYZH
— Steve Visitor (@SteveGuest) July 19, 2022
What a whole fucking lie with angles on these photographs to make it appear like they’re cuffed.
They usually surprise why they’re referred to as faux information.
— Tim Younger (@TimRunsHisMouth) July 19, 2022
Now present the pics from the aspect that present there are not any handcuffs. How are you not humiliated?
— Carmine Sabia (@CarmineSabia) July 19, 2022
Faux Information. They weren’t handcuffed. Jut led away peacefully — with them laughing and joking the entire time.
— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) July 19, 2022
You are so fucking predictable.
— Julie Gunlock (@JGunlock) July 19, 2022
— Elisa Martinez (@elisa1121) July 19, 2022
It began with the faux handcuffs. Now it’s time for the media lies to kick in. No shock @ABC is main the pack https://t.co/nPe7fnAOIw
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) July 20, 2022
and now you realize why they faked being handcuffed (everybody noticed this one coming).https://t.co/9cgBZ26ea7
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) July 20, 2022
Alternate headline for @ABC: “Dishonest Pols Faux Being in Handcuffs Whereas Mugging for the Digital camera.” They usually had accomplices within the media on this charade. https://t.co/dhUJgRSq24
— Alberto Miguel Fernandez (@AlbertoMiguelF5) July 19, 2022
These footage falsely counsel that @AOC and @IlhanMN had been handcuffed. Is that this “misinformation,” @ABC? https://t.co/FghI7vZFRb
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) July 19, 2022
Nonetheless up. https://t.co/J3nY4GK0Vg
— Larry O’Connor (@LarryOConnor) July 20, 2022
The pic selection is a deliberate editorial resolution, by the identical individuals who performatively surprise why belief in media is down. https://t.co/F27NMBXINC
— Dr S Maitra (@MrMaitra) July 19, 2022
ABC Information falsely claims they had been arrested and runs photographs of them showing to be handcuffed once they aren’t. Mission completed. https://t.co/ncVwGVPpIz
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 19, 2022
There are political stunts…then there’s pretending to get handcuffed for this actual image https://t.co/JWy4XbAEqr
— Jesse Hunt (@JJHunt10) July 20, 2022
