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7-Million NO KINGS Turnout is ‘Biggest Ever’? Then Why Did Mainstream Media FAKE the IMAGES

If the mainstream media is to be believed, this weekend’s No Kings protests were by far the largest ever.

And we’re not talking just the largest No Kings protests.

They are claiming it was the largest turnout for a single day of protests in the history of the United States — PERIOD.

That’s a big claim.

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So if that’s true… why are there so many examples of the mainstream media using OLD or MANIPULATED footage in their coverage?

Maybe, like so much else, the mainstream media is focused on propping up an agenda… rather than simply reporting the facts as they really are?

I can’t claim this first example is definitively FAKE — but you can usually spot a salesman pushing you to buy what he’s selling.

The dead giveaway usually shows up in the delivery.  Not ‘selling’, but OVERSELLING.

Check out this 36-sec clip from CNN with their reporter SO EXCITED to hype up the size of the crowd in DC.

Which… we’re told we could have seen for ourselves, if ONLY we could have seen it ‘just a few minutes ago’, before the crowds ‘thinned out’:

For all I know, that CNN report was accurate.  I wasn’t on the ground in DC over the weekend.

But sitting just 24 hours later, and ALREADY so much of the footage has shown to be either OLD FOOTAGE or MANIPULATED footage — I have to ask the obvious question.

Why are they using INACURATE images and video if the real thing was as impressive as they are making it out?

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Just listen to how they portrayed Saturday’s turnout in their written article, then we’ll dive into the falsified images.

Here’s the description of those ‘largely peaceful protests’ (was that because the turnout was so low?) as described by CNN:

Nearly 7 million people showed up for Saturday’s rallies – including more than 100,000 people in New York, organizers and officials said. Along with larger events in major cities, small pockets of “No Kings” protesters cropped up along busy thoroughfares, in small town squares and at municipal parks in red and blue states alike.

The largely peaceful protests followed a tumultuous summer of mass immigration raids, demonstrations against federal immigration enforcement and the deployment of federal troops into Democratic-led cities.

Some demonstrators wore yellow – a symbol of unity and a reference to other nonviolent resistance movements, according to organizers. “Yellow is a bright, unmistakable reminder that millions of us stand together in the belief that America belongs to its people, not to kings,” reads a flyer on the “No Kings” website.

Protesters could be heard loudly cheering and chanting slogans into megaphones, including, “This is what democracy looks like,” and “No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here.” They waved American flags along with signs opposing ICE, authoritarianism and billionaires.

So with 7 MILLION people in total gathering across America…

You would think the mainstream media could come up with some accurate and fresh footage.

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One of the leftist Krassenstein brothers shared a clip from MSNBC, which proudly proclaimed that the ‘tides are turning’.

But one popular X account almost immediately pointed out that the footage being used was 7 years old:

In another segment, MSNBC proclaimed, “This… is… Boston…” — seemingly trying to mimic a key line from the movie ‘300’.

As it turns out, it WAS Boston.  But not THIS year:

Community Notes to the rescue:

Check out this clip from CNN showing more crowds in Boston.

Also subsequently fact checked:

That footage was put to the test with help from AI.

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And that video was also at the least proven not to be exactly what it was reported to be, as well:

Again… with the mainstream media continuing to proclaim Saturday’s protests as the LARGEST EVER — why do they have to resort to fake images?

One report even said yesterday’s event pulled out 2 MILLION MORE people than the numbers estimated from the No Kings event in June.

Here’s NBC News with those claims:

Nearly 7 million people attended No Kings rallies across the country today, marking the largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in U.S. history, according to organizers.

Protests unfolded in over 2,700 cities and towns across all 50 states, organizers said in a news release today.

Today’s turnout marked 2 million more demonstrators than the No Kings rallies in June, organizers said.

“Today, millions of Americans stood together to reject authoritarianism and remind the world that our democracy belongs to the people, not to one man’s ambition,” Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg, co-founders of Indivisible, part of the No Kings coalition, said in a statement.

Yet again, if that’s true…

“Why do they have to fake so much”, as was asked by the popular X account MJTruthUltra?

Here’s ANOTHER case of faked footage by his account!:

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And why are we ONLY getting images of these alleged enormous crowds from the air, rather than up close?

Could it be because most of the turnout actually looked something like this?:

In our new world of deep fakes, AI-generated crowds, and overall deception…

It’s getting harder and harder to tell the difference between the truth and fiction.

I’ll close out this story with a side thought, just to pour more fuel on the fire.

I stumbled across this question while researching some of the false video being used.

Maybe this is a question we need to be asking:

Considering they’re ALREADY lying about yesterday’s turnout — I’d put money on another “do-over” in the near future.

But we might have to up our game when it comes to spotting the fakes the next time around.

Or… not?

What is your thought?


 

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