Russia Posts Video Game Screenshot As 'Irrefutable Proof' of US Helping IS (bbc.com)

Plus1Entropy shares a report from BBC, adding: "But when I asked Putin, he said they didn't do it": Russia's Ministry of Defense has posted what it called "irrefutable proof" of the U.S. aiding so-called Islamic State -- but one of the images was actually taken from a video game. The ministry claimed the image showed an IS convoy leaving a Syrian town last week aided by U.S. forces. Instead, it came from the smartphone game AC-130 Gunship Simulator: Special Ops Squadron. The ministry said an employee had mistakenly attached the photo. The Conflict Intelligence Team fact-checking group said the other four provided were also errors, taken from a June 2016 video which showed the Iraqi Air Force attacking IS in Iraq. The video game image seems to be taken from a promotional video on the game's website and YouTube channel, closely cropped to omit the game controls and on-screen information. In the corner of the image, however, a few letters of the developer's disclaimer can still be seen: "Development footage. This is a work in progress. All content subject to change."

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Re:Hard to find the truth

[Mr D from 63]

Is Baghdad Bob drinking vodka these days?

Would've been better with Yoda

[aoeusnth]

The Russians are total amateurs. This is how you do world-class incompetence.

In other news...

[PopeRatzo]

Breitbart is showing video footage from Wolfenstein 2 as proof that Antifa is violent.