By Paul Homewood
Gaslighting is defined as manipulating someone to make them question their own reality:
German police have denied being “an aide to Greta Thunberg” following false claims that her detention at a protest in western Germany was staged.
A viral post falsely claimed that the climate activist in police custody was “all set up for filming”.
Ms. Thunberg and other activists are looking for to prevent the abandoned village of Lützerath from being destroyed in order to expand the coal mine.
The video of her being removed by the police has garnered millions of views.
A spokesman for local police told the BBC: “We would never have made such recordings ourselves,” denying allegations that Ms Thunberg’s detention was fake.
But it is important for police to allow reporting and ensure the protection of media officers, they added.
The viral video shows the climate campaigner with police officers on either side.
Meanwhile, several photographers can be seen taking pictures and moving around her, as she smiles.
Several other police officers also standing nearby appeared to be waiting for her before taking her away from the scene.
Some people online jumped at the moments when officers and Ms Thunberg were waiting around, to falsely claim that it was part of a staged photo opportunity.
However, the Home Office of the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia told the BBC that police officers and Ms Thunberg were waiting for logistical reasons.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64321652
Who do you believe? BBC or your own lying eyes?
Here’s the video the BBC actually showed in their origin story the other day:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64309628
For some reason they omitted all the bits they don’t want you to see:
Instead of gaslighting, why doesn’t the BBC actually publish the full video and let people decide for themselves?
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