CBS Was Caught Using Footage Of An Italian Hospital And Pretending It Was New York City
The major television broadcasting network “accidentally” used video clips of severely ill Italian patients and passed it off as reports from New York City — and just like that, the public was tricked into more panic.
News of the most serious cases of the Coronavirus has predominantly been centered in New York City, with the elderly population being the most impacted. CBS broadcasted footage of nurses rushing to patients’ bedsides, and showed clips of Governor Cuomo petitioning the federal government to send more medical aid. CBS took it upon themselves to help the governor convey a stronger sense of urgency — even to the point of outright plagiarism. Did CBS truly make a reporting mistake, or are we being fed manipulated, overly sensationalized news?