Washington Examiner: ABC News ‘slaughter in Syria’ footage appears to come from a Kentucky gun range

Are you distrustful of the coverage of what is happening now in northern Syria between the Kurds and the Turkish army? You have good reason to be.

ABC aired supposedly shocking footage Monday morning purporting to be from the frontline battle between the Syrian Kurds and the invading Turks. The only problem is the footage appears to come from a nighttime demonstration at the Knob Creek Gun Range in West Point, Kentucky.

After seeing a comment from Wojciech Pawelczyk, I began making some calls. As of this writing, it appears that this video is a hoax, and ABC has pulled it down.

"We are still investigating," a representative for the gun range told the Washington Examiner Monday, adding the images aired by ABC "looks to be" from the Kentucky property.

"As of right now," the spokesperson added, "it seems to be our footage."

A spokesperson for ABC conceded it made a big mistake.

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WNU Editor: The news editors for ABC News wanted gunfire and explosions. But this part of their report is all fake news.