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DHS attacks Washington Post over report on misleading footage of immigration operations
DHS used footage from multiple states and years, including 2019 and 2024, to falsely depict law enforcement actions and justify deportations, the Washington Post found.
- This year, the Department of Homeland Security has posted misleading videos on social media, with the Washington Post finding at least six DHS-produced clips in the last three months misrepresenting where and when scenes were filmed to push a deportation narrative in Democrat-run cities.
- Under Secretary Kristi Noem, DHS has expanded its media operation by hiring videographers, deploying drones, and staging TV-friendly appearances for social platforms.
- An August montage claiming to secure Washington, D.C., included clips filmed months earlier in Los Angeles, West Palm Beach, and off Nantucket, roughly 400 miles away, while footage labeled Portland was shot outside an ICE building in Broadview, Illinois, 1,700 miles away.
- The White House declined to correct inaccuracies and Abigail Jackson said the administration will keep highlighting successes via 'engaging content and banger memes,' while DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin warned such tactics risk undermining trust, experts say.
- Analysts cautioned that treating communications like filmmaking—prioritizing emotional manipulation over accuracy—could erode trust during national emergencies, while Eddie Perez warned it signals `the collapse of government accountability through communication based on facts`.
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Trump White House Defends Misleading DHS Propaganda Because They Are ‘Banger Memes’
Screenshot The Department of Homeland Security has repeatedly posted misleading, mislabeled, and in at least one case digitally altered footage to promote President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda — an aggressive messaging strategy defended by the White House as engaging “banger memes,” according to a detailed Washington Post investigation published this week. The Post identified at least six DHS-produced videos over the last three months that…
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