Reuters White House photographer Jason Reed describes how the president made his Bin Laden death announcement to a single TV camera, then immediately after finishing, he pretended to speak for the still cameras.

Reed writes:

“As President Obama continued his nine-minute address in front of just one main network camera, the photographers were held outside the room by staff and asked to remain completely silent. Once Obama was off the air, we were escorted in front of that teleprompter and the President then re-enacted the walk-out and first 30 seconds of the statement for us.”

That means the photograph that appeared in many newspapers Monday morning of Obama speaking may have been the staged shot, captured after the president spoke. This type of staging has been going on for decades.
— Poynter Institute, 5/4/11

Translation: Nothing to see here.

Obviously today’s media is looking for any reason to criticize President Trump, conveniently forgetting their job is to report the news; not incite or provide their personal opinions on it. This was hardly the case in watching at least two media broadcasts where opinions, if not veiled insults, were issued to the public when he returned to the White House after treatment at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for the coronavirus.

And CNN’s Kaitlan Collins is the LAST person to express outrage at the cavalier use of masks in the  White House….

The hypocrisy is so old.

This is one of those moments.

Opening the September 24, 2020 broadcast of the CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell with the growing unrest after the announcement regarding the officers involved with the Breonna Taylor shooting, reporter Jericka Duncan reported from the streets of Louisville, Kentucky.

At least that’s what CBS wanted everyone watching to believe….

Bravely doing her segment during what she hoped would be another “mostly peaceful” protest, Duncan wore a bulletproof vest. A sign that thing could go from bad-to-worse at any moment.

The problem was award-winning journalist Jericka Duncan was not on the street. It looks like she was in a studio, standing in front of a green screen, motioning like she was doing a weather report, and it may have not been the first time. Any video professional can see the keying and the lighting; perfect while no one immediately behind her was affected. Canned, tastefully-leveled protest audio with none of the customary profanity. What perfect timing!

Kinda’ makes you wonder when she “won a local “Best Morning Show” Emmy award after reporting on winter storms” in 2008, if those reports where done from a nice, toasty studio.

The drama she was implying, wearing a vest, was fake. Her presence there was fake. Norah O’Donnell knew it was fake.

But this wasn’t a one-time ruse. In studio wardrobe, Jericka possibly “reported” from the Louisville streets in front of a green screen on September 22nd as well….

While “mostly peaceful” protests have continued nightly since the announcements were made, the need for Duncan’s bulletproof vest appears to have subsided. In fact, upon reviewing other news accounts on the ground in Louisville, Jericka Duncan may have been the only news reporter to have donned such protective equipment.

Distinctive QuickTime video artifact distortion will bust you every time.

But we’re to trust and believe CBS and their “news”.