Syria brings 'fake news' to the United Nations

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New York (CNN) - Syria's ambassador to the United Nations held up a photograph at Tuesday's U.N. Security Council emergency briefing on Syria to demonstrate the compassion of Syrian government fighters in Aleppo. However, his description of the image was way off base.

"This is what the Syrian army is doing in Aleppo. Here you see a picture of a Syrian soldier providing help and support to a woman," Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari told the Security Council, saying the woman was fleeing eastern Aleppo.

The problem is that the photograph is not from Aleppo. It's not even thought to be from Syria. The version that Ja'afari held was cropped and did not show an Iraqi flag badge on one of the soldier's uniforms. Social media was quick to point out the discrepancy.

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/14/world/...index.html

[meritos12 DF Member Posts:3 Threads:0 Reputation 0]

Fake news is the official buzzword of year 2016.

[Red Painting the town Red Posts:3,748 Threads:228 Reputation 92]

The world is going to crap, confirmed.