ABC news is trying to pass gun range videos as combat footage from Syria

Re:ABC news is trying to pass gun range videos as combat foo... by remarkEon on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @03:36PM (#21262744)

How possible is it to realistically fake something like this, instead of just re-purposing some gun porn? I'd be more concerned about that than some anxious journalists getting trolled into publishing something that is, to the initiated, obviously not from Syria.

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Re:ABC news is trying to pass gun range videos as combat foo... by catalogia on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @03:47PM (#21262863)

In the present, faking something like this convincingly is probably more expensive than just passing off stock footage as the real thing. If they are motivated by laziness/greed, I wouldn't expect them to cough up the resources for an outright 'hollywood fx' style fabrication.

(When the stakes are higher and spy agencies are involved... who knows.)

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Re:ABC news is trying to pass gun range videos as combat foo... by solidsnack9000 on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @04:02PM (#21263028)

It is quite feasible to fake but expensive — tens of thousands of dollars — and you need to make a lot of friends at the gun range real fast.

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