Did CNN use the words "FIERY BUT MOSTLY PEACEFUL PROTESTS AFTER POLICE SHOOTING" as the caption on video of a building and car-lot torched by protesters? Yes, this is true. The cable news network used the chyron -- a type of caption superimposed over video -- in a live report from Kenosha, Wisconsin that opens with a stand-up during which…
Were Kenosha protesters playing "a stupid game" with an armed man seconds before the man shot two of the protesters? No, that does not appear to be true: As more video and still pictures emerge, it seems most likely the people who chased the armed man heard he had just shot someone and those who attacked may have been trying…
Was Kyle Rittenhouse just protecting his own business in Kenosha, Wisconsin, when he allegedly shot at a crowd protesting the police shooting of Jacob Blake? No, this is not true. Rittenhouse, seen armed with a semi-automatic rifle, was with a group of armed people in front of a boarded-up gas station at the time. There is no evidence that he…
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