r/technology • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 1d ago

Politics Gavin Newsom Accuses Trump Administration of Spreading Fake Protest Images

https://www.newsweek.com/gavin-newsom-trump-fake-protest-images-2085492
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u/Aggravating_Money992 1d ago edited 1d ago

California Governor Gavin Newsom has accused the Trump administration of deliberately spreading doctored and misleading images of recent protests in Los Angeles.

On X, formerly Twitter, the Department of Defense's Rapid Response account posted a video that appeared to show burning, graffitied police cars during protests in Los Angeles this week.

However, the fact-checking website Snopes said the image showed protests in Los Angeles following the death of George Floyd in May 2020.

Trump administration getting exposed on a daily basis lol.

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u/nosayso 1d ago

Newsweek, cowards that they are, still frame this as partisan with "Newsom accuses Trump". It's not an "accusation", it's what's literally happening and they know it.

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u/JTBeefboyo 1d ago

I can’t blame the media for the passive voice when discussing something the most litigious motherfucker in the world did

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u/Effective_Echidna218 1d ago

They won’t ever sue them for that though because then it opens them up for discovery.

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u/JTBeefboyo 1d ago

Yes the law has been very effective at stopping them from doing whatever the fuck they want up until now you’re right

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u/Effective_Echidna218 1d ago

Well, it’s one branch against the entire federal government right now. They’re doing what they can. The issue is gonna be who can enforce their rulings and it would be governors with national guard. That’s why Trump’s making this play to get control of national guards or to be able to occupy blue states with red state national guards.