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There's more to Borat than meets the eye. A thread of just some of the unanswered questions about Sacha Baron Cohen: (1/) https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/sacha-baron-cohen-propagandist/
(2/) this is the most obvious one: Why (and how) the hell did he use CIA contacts to connect with a Palestinian activist, only to portray said peaceful activist--who was in the middle of an election--as a terrorist?
(3/) The Prince George's County Police report from the stunt during VP Pence's CPAC speech says that the PD shared Cohen's identity with CPAC security at the time. CPAC denies this--and their confusion over the next two days would be difficult to explain if the PD claim were true
(4/) We're supposed to believe that Borat 2 was spontaneous, and all the "stings" were fairly hurried operations. But some of the false websites used to trick targets were registered as early as last September, and didn't come into play until months after registration.
(5/) Multiple eyewitnesses attest that the crowd singing along to Borat's Wuhan flu song in July--which went viral without the full context being covered--were paid extras planted by the production company, not attendees of the rally Cohen hijacked.
(6/)This is where things get wild: Cohen has led a campaign to crack down on online speech, in partnership with the ADL. He says he's fighting "fake news." But he seems to be running a fake news site himself--and it's still active after the movie wrapped: http://thepatriotsreport.com
The kicker: Cohen's female lead filmed a brief scene at the White House, posing as a journalist and guest of OAN.
But the camera crew she used weren't from Hollywood---they were credentialed members of the White House press, allegedly from CBS.
That needs to be explained.
But the camera crew she used weren't from Hollywood---they were credentialed members of the White House press, allegedly from CBS.
That needs to be explained.
