The internet thought it found the Trump whistleblower's picture. The internet was wrong

Discussion in 'Current Events' started by Andrew Jackson, Nov 8, 2019.

  1. Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 1, 2016
    Messages:
    48,452
    Likes Received:
    32,207
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Right-wing social media accounts have been widely sharing two photographs that they claim show the whistleblower at the center of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and prove that the whistleblower is biased against Trump and hopelessly untrustworthy.

    In fact, the pictures show nothing of the sort.

    The images' persistence on the internet highlights how digital misinformation is increasingly coming into play in the discourse surrounding the impeachment probe, and how some online platforms are struggling to contain the damage.


    https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/08/tech/whistleblower-photo-fake/index.html

    Once AGAIN, the Breitbart/Twitter RW Fever Swamp CAUGHT (Red-Handed) Blatantly Pushing MISINFORMATION.

    Imagine being the sort of person who would Blindly Retweet this Utterly Absurd Misinformed BS.:smh:

    This is merely the Tip of the Iceberg of the sort of Misinformation that we should expect 24/7 from the Pro-Trump RW all the way until Election Time.

    It is only going to get WORSE.

    Thoughts?
     
    Durandal likes this.
  2. HB Surfer

    HB Surfer Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Feb 10, 2009
    Messages:
    34,707
    Likes Received:
    21,899
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Which images? Can you help a brother out?
     
    ButterBalls, Ddyad and vman12 like this.
  3. HB Surfer

    HB Surfer Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Feb 10, 2009
    Messages:
    34,707
    Likes Received:
    21,899
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Is this one false?

    [​IMG]
     
  4. vman12

    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2015
    Messages:
    66,645
    Likes Received:
    46,476
    Trophy Points:
    113
    So you're saying the MSM knows exactly who the "whistleblower" is and exactly what he looks like, well enough to pick him out of a lineup.

    Tell us more.
     
    ButterBalls, Steve N, ModCon and 3 others like this.
  5. vman12

    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2015
    Messages:
    66,645
    Likes Received:
    46,476
    Trophy Points:
    113
    What about this one?

    EI3h3feXsAAmo5M.jpg
     
  6. Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 1, 2016
    Messages:
    48,452
    Likes Received:
    32,207
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Read the Linked article.

    Is is ALL there.

    You're Welome:salute:
     
  7. HB Surfer

    HB Surfer Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Feb 10, 2009
    Messages:
    34,707
    Likes Received:
    21,899
    Trophy Points:
    113
    ButterBalls, Steve N and vman12 like this.
  8. vman12

    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2015
    Messages:
    66,645
    Likes Received:
    46,476
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Clearly CNN is mistaken, as they don't include pictures that can be independently verified.

    Did they include their sources that confirmed the identity?

    I love when leftists run with rope.
     
  9. HB Surfer

    HB Surfer Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Feb 10, 2009
    Messages:
    34,707
    Likes Received:
    21,899
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Your article has no images, so can you help us out? Otherwise your OP pretty much sucks.
     
  10. Durandal

    Durandal Well-Known Member Donor

    Joined:
    May 25, 2012
    Messages:
    55,518
    Likes Received:
    27,044
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Thoughts are this is the exact same dirty Russian tactics that we've seen deployed to help Trump since 2015, this flood of disinformation designed to destroy the credibility of all opponents to their favored candidate (Trump) and sow as much chaos, confusion, discord and distrust in our politics and society as they can. Just imagine the kind of crap that HB Surfer and the other Trumpers are going to be seeing in their alt-right social media feeds and impulsively reposting to this forum about the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate!
     
    MrTLegal likes this.
  11. Durandal

    Durandal Well-Known Member Donor

    Joined:
    May 25, 2012
    Messages:
    55,518
    Likes Received:
    27,044
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    The article says that the guy isn't even working in government now. You really should try reading the news instead of ignoring it and making yourself look like a useless, silly troll.
     
    MrTLegal likes this.
  12. BuckyBadger

    BuckyBadger Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 15, 2018
    Messages:
    12,354
    Likes Received:
    11,778
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Eric Ciaramella attended exclusive dinner in October 2016 as vice president's guest. Vice President Joe Biden.

    Looks like the real election interference and corruption is once again former Vice President Joe Biden.
     
  13. FoxHastings

    FoxHastings Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 29, 2014
    Messages:
    56,891
    Likes Received:
    21,024
    Trophy Points:
    113


    :) OK, Internet ...
     
    Adfundum likes this.
  14. Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 1, 2016
    Messages:
    48,452
    Likes Received:
    32,207
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Totally. :roflol:

    Hey! I saw it at 8chan from a guy that retweeted something that Alex Jones said from a now-deleted Twitter account.

    Gotta be True...:roflol:
     
  15. vman12

    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2015
    Messages:
    66,645
    Likes Received:
    46,476
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Oh so the guy who filed a government whistleblower report doesn't work for the government.

    There's a brilliant, well-thought out claim.
     
  16. Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 1, 2016
    Messages:
    48,452
    Likes Received:
    32,207
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Exactly.

    Just wait until the Pro-Trump RW Breitbart/Twitter Trolls get to work on the Deepfake Videos that they plan on SPAMMING the Internet with next year.

    And, this place is going to be FLOODED with that sort of FAKE Pro-Trump BS.:smh:
     
    Quantum Nerd and MrTLegal like this.
  17. HB Surfer

    HB Surfer Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Feb 10, 2009
    Messages:
    34,707
    Likes Received:
    21,899
    Trophy Points:
    113
    So we have a thread on the fake Whistleblower's pictures without any pictures?

    Thread fail.
     
    the breeze, Talon, therooster and 8 others like this.
  18. vman12

    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2015
    Messages:
    66,645
    Likes Received:
    46,476
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Yes CNN should clear this up by showing us who he is, since they know for sure, 100%.
     
  19. vman12

    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2015
    Messages:
    66,645
    Likes Received:
    46,476
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Says the people who gave us 10,000 OP's on "Russia Russia Russia".

    That worked out so well, too.
     
  20. Ericb760

    Ericb760 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Oct 17, 2015
    Messages:
    5,165
    Likes Received:
    2,549
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    You sound truly surprised.
     
    MrTLegal likes this.
  21. Ericb760

    Ericb760 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Oct 17, 2015
    Messages:
    5,165
    Likes Received:
    2,549
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    How many individuals were charged, indicted, plead guilty, or are now in prison because of the Mueller investigation?

    Hint: More than just one. In fact, it's 34.

    https://time.com/5556331/mueller-investigation-indictments-guilty-pleas/

    No quite the nothingburger you guys try to paint it as.
     
    grapeape and MrTLegal like this.
  22. HB Surfer

    HB Surfer Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Feb 10, 2009
    Messages:
    34,707
    Likes Received:
    21,899
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Not a SINGLE ONE on anything to do with Trump or Russian Collusion. Which qualifies it as a "Witch Hunt".
     
    therooster and ButterBalls like this.
  23. After-Hour Prowler

    After-Hour Prowler Banned

    Joined:
    Jun 21, 2018
    Messages:
    3,021
    Likes Received:
    4,447
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Opposed to the Russia collusion lies that were talked about by Schiff and the left wing clowns for 2+ years.

    How did that turn out..... lol
     
    therooster likes this.
  24. vman12

    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2015
    Messages:
    66,645
    Likes Received:
    46,476
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Two.

    For tax evasion.

    Not a single American citizen knowingly worked with any Russian to affect the 2016 election.

    You'd think leftists would get tired of trying to use this embarrassing argument.
     
    therooster and ButterBalls like this.
  25. Steve N

    Steve N Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jan 4, 2015
    Messages:
    70,216
    Likes Received:
    89,731
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    You mock Breitbart in the same thread you posted a CNN story?
     
    therooster and ButterBalls like this.

Share This Page