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posted by janrinok on Friday October 28 2016, @08:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the here's-one-we-made-earlier dept.

Don't believe everything you see on TV... or Facebook:

People have been getting very excited about videos from the International Space Station (ISS) apparently broadcast "live" on Facebook - but they are not what they appear to be. The pictures are certainly stunning - astronauts in space suits apparently working outside the ISS against the background of the blue orb of the Earth.

Huge numbers have watching and commented on the feeds. Some 17m people viewed the "live" on Unilad's Facebook page and another 26m people watched four hours of footage on Viral USA's page. They appear to be old material from between one and three years ago. The eagle-eyed may have noticed that there was no mention of any such Facebook live on the social media accounts of NASA or the ISS, which would seem unusual.

Next up: live footage of the Challenger explosion.

Also at Newsweek and The Verge.


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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 28 2016, @10:44AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 28 2016, @10:44AM (#419789)

    However, any organization engaging in media activities should come under scrutiny for bias. Whether that involves news from space, or footage of a children's school being bombed from the air. If something is reported, it happens (as in this fake facebook case). If not reported, the children's school blown to bits didn't happen. The US has known this since Vietnam so it knows to keep journalism in check. Its branch organizations such as facebook are complicit in propaganda activities to benefit US special interests.

    Don't be surprised if this space footage contained subliminal messages (or something more advanced we don't even realize yet).

    I have a better plan: Don't watch domestic TV and don't use Facebook. Both are meant to manipulate and control. You don't want to be controlled or manipulated.

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