Originally Posted by
gimmick
They weren't burning bibles.
They used a bible as kindling. They also used a notebook, twigs and random scraps of paper.
Also "they" part here was a handful of protestors starting a fire and the other thousand protestors didn't care nor had anything to do with it.
There are far more sophisticated methods of propaganda than direct lies. I wouldn't call them "true". Re-framing, out of context, cherry picking, selective editing and so on can all be used to turn facts into lies. Right wing has a tendency to gobble all those up. In this case RT set the ball rolling and many a hot takes from right wing pundits did we have.
They didn’t burn the Bibles they just used it as kindling. OK. “Officer, I didn’t steal that computer I was just doing research on Apple Store’s security.” Who do you think you’re fooling, anyone?
There are now 1000’s of hours of livestream footage on the internet for anyone to draw their own conclusions about what’s going on and no amount of spin and lies can prevent people from seeing the truth. But don’t let that stop you from trying.
Also love the “muh Russia” conspiracy stuff thrown in there for good measure. Really nice finishing touch.