Pure Repuggery

Fake Soldiers Used In RNC Video

"It was a video that was supposed to elicit soaring patriotism and real emotions about the Pledge of Allegiance. But to do that, it used fake soldiers and a staged military funeral instead of the real thing."

"The soldiers were actors and the funeral scene was from a one-day film shoot, produced in June. No real soldiers were used during production. The footage, sold by stock-film house Getty Images was produced by a commercial filmmaker in Chicago."



"A veteran’s advocate said that with soldiers still deployed and in harm’s way, there is an obligation not to sugar coat reality."