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Additional reporting from Bring Me The News. They have removed the following text from their coverage:

Federal agents briefly detained our reporter at the scene, who says he was tackled to the ground and had a gun put in his face.

New York Times

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[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Correct. But I could be full of shit.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's also possible that you saw doctored footage. It's possible that you're mentally disturbed and don't realize it and that what you think you saw isn't actually what your eyes told you they were seeing. You could be a figment of my imagination. You could be an LLM bot. I could be an LLM bot. You could be trapped in the matrix.

Lots of things are possible. Most things are improbable. You gain essentially nothing by watching a snuff film for yourself to agree with the millions of other people who have also all watched it and all agree that they saw what they saw.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And unicorns might shit Lucky Charms. You only KNOW if you witness it yourself and form an opinion on your own.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, so don't rely on watching videos. The only way you know for sure is if you get shot yourself. Anybody claiming that you need to watch the video to truly understand what happened is deluded.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Are you trying to be difficult? I wouldn't buy anything from you if you have this attitude.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Good thing I'm not selling anything.

Instead I'm making a point that people who say that hearing what happened isn't sufficient, but watching a video somehow is.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think you are making any sense anymore

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You're the one who suddenly started talking about buying things from me.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Amazing that idioms are literal to you

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Listen we both know you aren't smart enough to know what that is

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

You're not the sharpest tool in the shed, are you? You can't just invent your own phrase and declare it an idiom.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Google is a thing. Clearly says it is. But I'm just going to block you. You're too boring and too stupid to bring value.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago

Sure it does. And that's why you linked the result, rather than just claiming that Google says you're right.