ABikerSailor
Diamond Member
Well, Trump is at it yet again, spreading conspiracy theories about his perceived enemies. He said that the 76 year old protester who was shoved backwards by police fell faster than he was shoved, and then mused that he might have been using his phone to scan or interrupt the police communications.
Hate to tell him, but no, cell phones do NOT operate on the same frequencies or even bands that police communications are held on. You can't scan or interrupt police communication with a cell phone.
But, what else can you expect from the orange clown? I also find it funny as hell that the OAN reporter who reported the conspiracy theory is a Russian national who also reports for Sputnik, a Kremlin owned news agency.
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President Trump tweeted Tuesday that the 75-year-old protester who was shoved to the ground by Buffalo, N.Y., police last week "could be an ANTIFA provocateur" and "fell harder than he was pushed."
Why it matters: The conspiracy theory, which originated on the far-right blog Conservative Treehouse, made its way to the president via a report on One America News Network, a small Fox News rival with a history of conspiracy-focused reporting. It highlights just how far the president's media consumption can veer from the mainstream.
Hate to tell him, but no, cell phones do NOT operate on the same frequencies or even bands that police communications are held on. You can't scan or interrupt police communication with a cell phone.
But, what else can you expect from the orange clown? I also find it funny as hell that the OAN reporter who reported the conspiracy theory is a Russian national who also reports for Sputnik, a Kremlin owned news agency.
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Trump tweets conspiracy theory that injured elderly Buffalo protester was "antifa provocateur"
It highlights just how far the president's media consumption can veer from the mainstream.
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President Trump tweeted Tuesday that the 75-year-old protester who was shoved to the ground by Buffalo, N.Y., police last week "could be an ANTIFA provocateur" and "fell harder than he was pushed."
Why it matters: The conspiracy theory, which originated on the far-right blog Conservative Treehouse, made its way to the president via a report on One America News Network, a small Fox News rival with a history of conspiracy-focused reporting. It highlights just how far the president's media consumption can veer from the mainstream.
- The blog post claims — all without evidence — that the protester, Martin Gugino, used "a phone as a capture scanner" as "a method of police tracking used by Antifa to monitor the location of police."
- The OANN reporter, Kristian Rouz, is a Russian national who also writes for Kremlin-owned Sputnik, per The Daily Beast.