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CNN's copy of the amateur video of Alton Sterling's shooting appears to have been altered (vanity)

Posted on 07/19/2016 8:57:00 AM PDT by Faith Presses On

It seems CNN's version of the amateur video taken by a storekeeper is different from how it appears at other sites, including CBS and the Young Turks.

In the CNN version, the first gunshot sounds - a series of three - come earlier.

This can readily be observed because the point when the three gunshots conclude doesn't match up visually.

In the CBS and YT versions, the gunshots conclude just as the camera image blurs and the officer on top of Sterling rolls off of him.

In the CNN version, the three gunshots conclude while the struggle is still going on between Sterling and that officer on top of him, and neither Sterling, the second officer nor the shopkeeper filming the incident even seem to react to these gunshots.

The alteration does make it seem more like there was no real struggle going on when Sterling was initially shot.

Here are links to the videos. Compare what is happening in them at the conclusion of the first three gunshots.

CBS video - begin at 0:15

CNN video - begin at 0:29

(See also The Young Turks - begin at 3:54 mark)

Screenshots of CNN and CBS versions, at the moment the first three shots conclude

There seems to be no other conclusion than that the video appearing on CNN was knowingly altered from the original.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: altonsterling; cnn; leo; mediabias
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1 posted on 07/19/2016 8:57:00 AM PDT by Faith Presses On
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To: Faith Presses On

I would not put it past doing this CNN to gin up violence to increase rating.


2 posted on 07/19/2016 9:08:36 AM PDT by KSCITYBOY
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To: Faith Presses On

I saw him trying to reach into his pocket and then at the :58 mark the cop removed a pistol from his pocket.


3 posted on 07/19/2016 9:17:51 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative.)
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To: Faith Presses On

They just wanted to give the audience more time to contemplate the shots. No intention to deceive. /s


4 posted on 07/19/2016 9:20:50 AM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: Faith Presses On

Well, NBC altered the audio in the Travyon Martin case to help Black Lies Matter, so why not CNN altering a video?


5 posted on 07/19/2016 9:25:53 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Faith Presses On

Should result in a prison term. Wrong, wrong, wrong.


6 posted on 07/19/2016 9:28:06 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Boogieman

NBC also altered the video in the Trayvon Martin case to whiten George Zimmerman’s face AND remove footage showing him bleeding from a head wound


7 posted on 07/19/2016 9:29:15 AM PDT by Mr. K (Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
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To: Faith Presses On
There they go AGAIN with their LYING!!!!!

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8 posted on 07/19/2016 9:32:36 AM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: Faith Presses On

sounds to me like they are trying to gin up more hate.


9 posted on 07/19/2016 9:34:52 AM PDT by Garvin (Age does not guarantee wisdom, and a college degree does not guarantee intelligence.)
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To: Wilderness Conservative

And from studying the video again to see if it was altered, I noticed that it seems like Sterling had possibly grabbed onto the arm, or even the gun, of the officer on top of him.

The officer seems to be trying to wrench his arm away from Sterling but is having trouble doing so.


10 posted on 07/19/2016 9:38:11 AM PDT by Faith Presses On (Above all, politics should serve the Great Commission, "preparing the way for the Lord.")
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To: Faith Presses On
There they go AGAIN with their LYING!!!!!

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11 posted on 07/19/2016 9:40:00 AM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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Yet they are blowing up the Melania Trump “plagiarism” out of all proportion.

And that in comparison to how they have covered up so much for the Clintons, always believing them to be ethically above reproach, no matter what they do. They weren’t even suspicious about Clinton meeting the Attorney General on the tarmac.


12 posted on 07/19/2016 9:41:02 AM PDT by Faith Presses On (Above all, politics should serve the Great Commission, "preparing the way for the Lord.")
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To: Faith Presses On

I do not think they believe the Clintons are ethically above reproach; I just think CNN/MSM do not care about the ethics of the Clintons, and have no interest in “investigating” anything the Clintons have said or done. JMHO


13 posted on 07/19/2016 9:46:16 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: timestax

This is another comparison photo showing what appears in the video when the three shots conclude. I stopped the player when I head the third shot. The stills are from CNN, CBS, and the Young Turks.

14 posted on 07/19/2016 10:10:36 AM PDT by Faith Presses On (Above all, politics should serve the Great Commission, "preparing the way for the Lord.")
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To: Boogieman

That’s the case this reminded me of.


15 posted on 07/19/2016 10:12:21 AM PDT by Faith Presses On (Above all, politics should serve the Great Commission, "preparing the way for the Lord.")
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To: KSCITYBOY

I would think their motive would more be along the lines of to serve the political narrative.


16 posted on 07/19/2016 10:13:09 AM PDT by Faith Presses On (Above all, politics should serve the Great Commission, "preparing the way for the Lord.")
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To: Ken H

Sure. And to make the timing of the shots more truthful. /s


17 posted on 07/19/2016 10:14:25 AM PDT by Faith Presses On (Above all, politics should serve the Great Commission, "preparing the way for the Lord.")
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To: Faith Presses On

CNN committing an egregious journalist crime...... So what else is new?


18 posted on 07/19/2016 10:54:11 AM PDT by VaeVictis (~Woe to the Conquered~)
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To: VaeVictis

Do you remember the controversy when a Time photographer removed an antenna from the photograph of the Olympic runner Mary Decker, because it seemed to jut out of her chin?

And the controversy over National Geographic slightly moving one of the Egyptian pyramids to make it fit better on its cover?

Yet - THIS! The apparent editing of the audio in a most serious case, with dire consequences.

I don’t understand what people are learning in “journalism school.” It certainly isn’t ethics. This is treachery.


19 posted on 07/19/2016 11:08:50 AM PDT by Faith Presses On
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To: Faith Presses On

On twitter, we are banning CNN; MSNBC; FNC....

They are famous for lies about everything...

Check it out...google MSNBC lies...and have fun reading...


20 posted on 07/19/2016 11:23:20 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence 100%)
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