{"id":125825,"date":"2022-03-06T21:41:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T21:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=125825"},"modified":"2022-03-06T21:41:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T21:41:02","slug":"how-cnn-verifies-social-media-videos-from-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/how-cnn-verifies-social-media-videos-from-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"How CNN verifies social media videos from Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York (CNN)<\/cite>Social media videos have played a critical role in CNN’s coverage of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine. But how does the network know they are accurate?<\/p>\n

Here’s one example: CNN’s investigative team came across alarming footage in late February: Russian helicopters flying menacingly low over dark plumes of rising smoke just a few kilometers outside of Kyiv.
\nBut it was not yet confirmed that Russian troops were that close to the Ukrainian capital. CNN had to verify that the footage was both recent and accurate through a process called geolocating. <\/p>\n