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2020-01-20 Africa Subsaharan

Deputy Minister of Defence Cde Victor Matemadanda has warned the US that if they do not retreat from Iran, Zimbabwe may be forced to intervene

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Posted by Herb McCoy 2020-01-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Looks like a hoax from a parody account. More 4Chan pranks?

Notice the underscore in @zbcnewsonline_ which is missing from the real @ZBCNewsonline .

Posted by SteveS 2020-01-20 01:08|| 2020-01-20 01:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Looks like a hoax

Well, it is erb.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-01-20 03:55|| 2020-01-20 03:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Support a free Rhodesia !

Posted by Dron66046 2020-01-20 04:04|| 2020-01-20 04:04|| Front Page Top

#4 What? No pyramid?

Posted by Frank G 2020-01-20 07:38|| 2020-01-20 07:38|| Front Page Top

#5 I pegged this as the Bee.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-01-20 10:23|| 2020-01-20 10:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Too bad, #2 Skid - that would have provided endless laughs. :-D

Posted by Barbara 2020-01-20 12:22|| 2020-01-20 12:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Well, it is erb.

Anyone who has ever played Bee/NotBee can sympathize.

At the risk of touting my mad skillz as an open-source intel analyst (stop laughing, dammit!), the following were clues:

1) The #4chan hashtag on the Youtube page. Saucy pranksters they are. One of their greatest triumphs was to fool the mainstream media into thinking the common OK gesture is a symbol of white supremacy.
2) No mention of the story on the ZBC News website.
3) A bit of googling turned up the hoax story on a South African website.

As Johanness Gutenberg said, "You can't believe everything you read."

Posted by SteveS 2020-01-20 13:13|| 2020-01-20 13:13|| Front Page Top

#8 The pyramid for this is a different color scheme -- from the bottom up: white, yellow, green, red, then black at the apex.

Posted by Lex 2020-01-20 13:50|| 2020-01-20 13:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Who ya gonna believe -- me or my lyin' I's?

Posted by Johan S. Rutentutengutenberg 2020-01-20 14:32|| 2020-01-20 14:32|| Front Page Top

#10 And just like that, we're back to Millî Vanillî.

Posted by SteveS 2020-01-20 17:39|| 2020-01-20 17:39|| Front Page Top

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