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| Civilians making social media pleas from Aleppo actually activists with MSM primetime access (VIDEO) | Civilians making social media pleas from Aleppo actually activists with MSM primetime access (VIDEO) |
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| Social media coming out of Aleppo has gone into overdrive. Well-articulated video pleas alleging near-death snake their way into the mainstream. There’s just one issue: these aren’t just any civilians, but activists and filmmakers – with spots on primetime TV. | Social media coming out of Aleppo has gone into overdrive. Well-articulated video pleas alleging near-death snake their way into the mainstream. There’s just one issue: these aren’t just any civilians, but activists and filmmakers – with spots on primetime TV. |
| A viral video by ‘In the Now’ host Anissa Naouai notes that it barely takes an internet search to quickly verify their identities. | A viral video by ‘In the Now’ host Anissa Naouai notes that it barely takes an internet search to quickly verify their identities. |
| The narrative is the same each time: that an all-out genocide is taking place; that the Assad forces are going from city to city killing their own people and taking no prisoners; and that Aleppo’s rebels valiantly look death in the face as they endure alleged Russian bombardment. | The narrative is the same each time: that an all-out genocide is taking place; that the Assad forces are going from city to city killing their own people and taking no prisoners; and that Aleppo’s rebels valiantly look death in the face as they endure alleged Russian bombardment. |
| READ MORE: ‘When camera gone they leave people under rubble’ – Aleppo residents on Western-backed White Helmets | READ MORE: ‘When camera gone they leave people under rubble’ – Aleppo residents on Western-backed White Helmets |
| ‘In the Now’ found there's little to indicate that the people appearing in the mobile videos were actual civilians experiencing the hyped 'Russian and Syrian shelling'. | ‘In the Now’ found there's little to indicate that the people appearing in the mobile videos were actual civilians experiencing the hyped 'Russian and Syrian shelling'. |
| Rather, these were everything from activists to independent filmmakers who’ve made public commitments to the rebel cause to their thousands of followers on Twitter and elsewhere. | Rather, these were everything from activists to independent filmmakers who’ve made public commitments to the rebel cause to their thousands of followers on Twitter and elsewhere. |
| Most recently, CNN interviewed one of them, Bilal Abdul Kareem – a documentary filmmaker and journalist who’s had unprecedented access to the rebels in eastern Aleppo, including their new leader Aby Al Abd, whom he interviewed just three days ago. | |