Overview
- BBC Verify’s Shayan Sardarizadeh reported that reverse searches of multiple frames returned no results predating Oct. 18, indicating the footage first appeared online that day.
- Lead Stories matched visible landmarks and contrasted the shot with 2017 CBS 17 aerials that centered on the Parkman Bandstand, showing the earlier event was filmed from a different area.
- NBC10 Boston aired comparable aerial video live at 11:15 a.m. on Oct. 18, about 20 minutes before the MSNBC segment that TVEyes logged around 11:35 a.m. Eastern.
- PolitiFact rated as False claims from social posts and Sen. Ted Cruz asserting that Democrats circulated a 2017 clip as new footage.
- Grok on X surfaced a proposed AI-written Community Note asserting a 2017 origin, a claim that was widely shared despite lacking supporting evidence.