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Orwellian!!! White House retweets doctored video to depict Jim Acosta as assailant!

Sarah Sanders tonight tweeted this:

We stand by our decision to revoke this individual’s hard pass. We will not tolerate the inappropriate behavior clearly documented in this video. pic.twitter.com/T8X1Ng912y

— Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) November 8, 2018

Sarah Sanders @PressSec
We stand by our decision to revoke this individual’s hard pass. We will not tolerate the inappropriate behavior clearly documented in this video.

but the video embedded in her tweet is sped up to make it seem as if Jim Acosta is “karate chopping” the woman’s arm as she reaches for the microphone.

Here’s how it really happened:

Slowed down the @Acosta encounter to show the FOUR times the White House staffer touched HIM... not the other way around. Unclear if she's been suspended. pic.twitter.com/gBhlR2r5P1

— Sarah Burris (@SarahBurris) November 8, 2018

Sarah Burris @SarahBurris
Slowed down the @Acosta encounter to show the FOUR times the White House staffer touched HIM... not the other way around. Unclear if she's been suspended.

and CNN stands up for itself quite nicely:



Josh Marshall did a good dissection as well:

Josh Marshall @joshtpm
Okay, this smear by @PressSec was so awful and I like nerding out on Final Cut so much that I had go full Zapruder here. Look at the "placing his hands on a young woman" she's referring to which is clearly the exact opposite of what she claims. cc: @Acosta

George Orwell himself could not have done any better.

Simply unbelievable.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/11/7/1811136/-Orwellian-White-House-retweets-doctored-video-to-depict-Jim-Acosta-as-assailant?utm_campaign=trending