{"id":751457,"date":"2026-07-08T23:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/751457\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T23:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:52:12","slug":"fact-check-fake-breaking-news-video-shows-furries-chasing-patriot-front-member-in-downtown-d-c-ai-media-account-origin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/751457\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact Check: FAKE &#8220;Breaking News&#8221; Video Shows Furries Chasing Patriot Front Member In Downtown D.C. &#8212; AI Media Account Origin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Does a real &#8220;live&#8221; news broadcast show footage of a group of furries chasing a member of Patriot Front in downtown Washington D.C.? No, that&#8217;s not true: The video originated from an account that declares in both its username and tagline that its content is AI-generated. Aside from the posted disclaimers, the video also contains several glitches typical of AI-generated content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The fake video appeared in <a data-ylk=\"slk:a post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LePapillonBlu2\/status\/2074621269534707943\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">a post<\/a> (archived <a data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260708131057\/https:\/\/x.com\/LePapillonBlu2\/status\/2074621269534707943\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) published by the X account @LePapillonBlu2 on July 7, 2026. It was captioned:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This wins the internet today. \ud83e\udd8a\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is a screenshot from the video:<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"FurriesThumbnail.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"1067\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/lead_stories_560\/ba5e41cc1554081a33dd2b22210fc575.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Image source: post by @LePapillonBlu2 on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This video was originally uploaded to several social media platforms, including <a data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1466958038449939\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DabXZBzv84I\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a data-ylk=\"slk:TikTok;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@strangeai\/video\/7659171415911943437\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok<\/a>, on July 5, 2026, by the account <a data-ylk=\"slk:@strangeai;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@strangeai\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@strangeai<\/a> (archived <a data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260708143118\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1466958038449939\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, <a data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260708142353\/https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DabXZBzv84I\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260708150801\/https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@strangeai\/video\/7659171415911943437\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>). A disclaimer is in the tagline. On TikTok (pictured below) the tagline reads:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sketches, parodies &amp; unreal videos made with AI \ud83c\udfac<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"strangeAIbio.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"173\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/lead_stories_560\/e0742c9f826e55acadbccd6a7f62cbd4.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Image source: @strangeai on TikTok.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The TikTok video has been labeled as AI by the creator and the post is captioned:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BREAKING: FURRIES CHASE PATRIOT FRONT MEMBER \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>Washington, DC witnessed one of the internet&#8217;s strangest protest moments.<\/p>\n<p>A group of furries sprinted through downtown after a Patriot Front member as crowds stopped to record the bizarre scene. The unexpected chase quickly became viral for its sheer absurdity.<\/p>\n<p>You really can&#8217;t predict the internet anymore. \ud83d\ude2d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">#WashingtonDC #Furries #FunnyNews #Meme #viral<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The AI-generated video has a fake ABC7 logo with time and temperature to make it look like a real news broadcast. The chyron reads:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">LIVE<br \/>WASHINGTON, DC<br \/>BREAKING NEWS<br \/>FURRY PROTESTERS CHASE PATRIOT FRONT MEMBER<br \/>DOWNTOWN DC<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At the bottom is a scrolling news ticker. The scrolling white text in the blue box is garbled with misformed text and nonsense words (pictured below).<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"chyron.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"477\" height=\"157\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/lead_stories_560\/e172e9f991086b22f44e4ec21a715897.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Image source: @strangeai post on TikTok.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Another AI-generated glitch occurs at four seconds in the video (detail pictured below). One of the security guards running behind the furries is duplicated and becomes two people.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"securityGIF.gif\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"240\" height=\"426\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/lead_stories_560\/78f2ac47bd06cdb22498d593a32ad36c.gif\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Image source: @strangeai post on TikTok.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Does a real &#8220;live&#8221; news broadcast show footage of a group of furries chasing a member of Patriot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,247418,3,322270,452,453],"class_list":["post-751457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-image-source","tag-news","tag-patriot-front","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}