Belfrey
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Following the on-air shooting of news reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward, their station and other news outlets posted many pictures of the two of them as they were in life. One of those pictures was this one, which reportedly had been posted on Facebook, and which the Daily Mail captioned with, "The reporter and cameraman shared this photo of them being painted with fake injuries for a news segment."
This picture has been widely posted by conspiracy theorists, to suggest or outright claim that it is evidence that the two journalists were "crisis actors," involved in fake news pieces in which they pretended to be injured. For example, this memoryholeblog post (emphasis in original):
The video clearly shows Parker wearing the same outfit as in the picture, and at one point you can see Ward reflected in a mirror, holding the camera and wearing the same shorts, sweatshirt and baseball cap:
Another short segment from the trip ran the day before, on October 27, 2014.
This picture has been widely posted by conspiracy theorists, to suggest or outright claim that it is evidence that the two journalists were "crisis actors," involved in fake news pieces in which they pretended to be injured. For example, this memoryholeblog post (emphasis in original):
The picture is actually from the site of a news segment that the pair worked on, in the days leading up to Halloween in 2014. This segment ran on October 28, 2014, and shows Alison Parker having "black eye" makeup applied at a local salon:Photographs obtained from the social media accounts of slain reporters Alison Parker and Adam Ward posted by the Daily Mail on August 26 indicate the pair greatly enjoyed dressing up at work and play. At one point they are even photographed in a dressing room preparing “fake injuries” as combination crisis actor/reporters.
The video clearly shows Parker wearing the same outfit as in the picture, and at one point you can see Ward reflected in a mirror, holding the camera and wearing the same shorts, sweatshirt and baseball cap:
Another short segment from the trip ran the day before, on October 27, 2014.