Two viral videos, fifty-three minutes apart, trend on social media

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThis is BBN Investigates. Tonight, two viral videos, two headlines, and one question nobody at this desk can fully answer.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have chased warlords through three time zones. Nothing prepared me for a link that says viral video and then stops talking.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWho's behind this, who profits, and how far down the rabbit hole does it go?

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorLet us begin with the evidence. Our file holds two items, both listed by a university outlet in Córdoba, Spain.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorItem one is a headline about a viral video trending on social media X, tagged with the name of a Bangladeshi television channel.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA television channel. Which means professionals are involved.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorItem two is a second headline, filed under viral videos, with a different name and the same channel tag.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSame channel.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSame channel. Now, the timeline. The first listing appeared seventy-two minutes ago. The second, eighty-seven.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFifteen minutes apart. I said earlier that fifty-three minutes apart is a pattern, and fifteen is clearly worse.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDale, those are different stories from today.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorDifferent stories, same pattern. I brought a chart.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorTell us what your chart displays.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwo dots and a line between them. The line goes up. I drew it that way.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat proves nothing.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt proves nothing very confidently, which is what an analyst is for.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWhich brings us to the rabbit hole. Neither listing tells us what actually happens in either video.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the not-knowing is the cover-up. Somebody wants us curious and empty-handed.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI once sat in an embassy basement for nine hours waiting for a document. It was a menu.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWas it a good menu?

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt was fish. Moving on.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo let's confront the obvious. A trending headline is just a title and a link, and we have not watched either video.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThen we cannot rule out anything.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorOur verdict. Two videos are trending, a channel tagged them, and a Spanish university site listed them. That is the entire conspiracy.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI wanted it to be bigger.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThey always are, Dale, and the facts never cooperate. Hank, what grade does tonight's investigation earn?

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSaw the headline, Gloria, so I'm still comfortable commenting.