Wonder if the old man in @votelynne attack ad on @markpoloncarz is really from #ErieCounty?
So did we… pic.twitter.com/QW1IZ5FNKj
— WNYmedia Network (@wnymedia) October 9, 2019
Oh wait… No, he isn't because that screencap was taken from a stock video.
Look familiar? pic.twitter.com/93Ol83pyIs
— WNYmedia Network (@wnymedia) October 9, 2019
So Immersion Imagery… they must be based in #eriecounty in order to shoot a "concerned" resident in a local election, right @TheBuffaloNews editorial board? pic.twitter.com/PjfG9IulJp
— WNYmedia Network (@wnymedia) October 9, 2019
Yeah not so much… pic.twitter.com/buuftNIdoL
— WNYmedia Network (@wnymedia) October 9, 2019
Try f**king Australia!! pic.twitter.com/sxOQ6fPaJ1
— WNYmedia Network (@wnymedia) October 9, 2019
So let's review: @votelynne used easily accessible stock video and photos and #photoshopped or in video's case, like after effects a still a down on his luck, elderly Australian Farmer, juxtaposed with a picture of @markpoloncarz for what purpose?
A #digitalLie? pic.twitter.com/jKnd06AOO5
— WNYmedia Network (@wnymedia) October 9, 2019
While we're at it, let's take a look at the quote in that commercial as well… Seem's a little vague pic.twitter.com/Em6nLntpA6
— WNYmedia Network (@wnymedia) October 9, 2019
if you source @SandraTanBN article from 2018 it's this one:https://t.co/QhtBLtcXwo
— WNYmedia Network (@wnymedia) October 9, 2019
and when you look at the context around that pulled quote from @votelynne you see its taken completely out of context. pic.twitter.com/quIZRrN08T
— WNYmedia Network (@wnymedia) October 9, 2019
So let's conclude:
#RepublicanLynneDixon used an article that, despite the misleading sentence, essentially explains how @kevinhardwick & @markpoloncarz schooled @ERIECOUNTYGOP in policy, government, & politics to fool voters into thinking that Mark did something wrong…
— WNYmedia Network (@wnymedia) October 9, 2019
@votelynne's entire campaign is one big #digitalLie and the @TheBuffaloNews is in on it.
You're all disqualified.
— WNYmedia Network (@wnymedia) October 9, 2019