En video som påstods visa scener från terrorattentaten på Bryssels flygplats i mars 2016, och som publicerades redan en timma efter händelsen, var egentligen från en terrorattack på Moskvas flygplats i januari 2011.
RTL i Belgien har medgivit att det var fel video och skyller ifrån sig på att misstaget berodde på rykten i sociala medier, men RTL och flera andra större medier missar att medge att ”ryktet” även spreds av mainstream media.
The Guardian skriver:
The footage rapidly spread across social media, and was reported by at least one major national news site. It was followed by further footage supposedly showing an explosion at the Maelbeek metro station near the European Parliament, and another video claiming to be from the airport.
However, none of the footage was what it was claimed to be. They were all recordings from 2011, two from an attack on Moscow’s Domodedovo airport, one from a bombing of a metro station in Minsk, the capital of Belarus.
The grainy CCTV clips were turned from colour to black and white, flipped horizontally, relabelled and posted as if they had emerged fresh from the day’s events.
Videos från övervakningskamerorna i Bryssel borde normalt först ha överlämnats till polisen som sedan beslutat om att göra dessa offentliga.
Text: K. Reporter
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