More lies and misinformation from the radical right-wing media.

[Joe Capitalist]

The Washington Times appeared to retract an article claiming that a facial recognition company identified members of the left-wing antifa movement that the paper said infiltrated a group of President Trump's supporters that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

The company, XRVision, demanded the article be taken down and alleged that it was completely false, according to an email statement sent to The Hill. The article appeared to be taken down Thursday afternoon.

"XRVision takes pride in its technology's precision and deems the Washington Times publication as outright false, misleading, and defamatory," the statement read.

"Our attorney is in contact with the Washington Times and has instructed them to ‘Cease and Desist’ from any claims regarding sourcing of XRVision analytics, to retract the current claims, and publish and apology."

The retraction comes as several conservative lawmakers and media figures blamed antifa, an umbrella term for loosely organized anti-fascist groups, for the riot that breached both the House and Senate chambers.

Footage and photos captured around the Capitol building on Wednesday showed a pro-Trump crowd breaking past Capitol Police and smashing windows to enter the premises.

The Washington Times didn’t immediately respond to comment from The Hill.

The article, which was published Wednesday, alleged that XRVision performed a facial recognition of protesters and matched “two Philadelphia Antifa members to two men inside the Senate.”

One man allegedly had a tattoo indicating he is a “Stalinist sympathizer,” the article claimed. The article also said another man identified “shows up at climate and Black Lives Matter protests in the West” but said that he had no known links to antifa.

The article went viral as the riot progressed. When the House reconvened after the siege, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), a staunch supporter of Trump, gave a fiery floor speech in which specifically cited the Times's article.

Prior to the article being taken down, XRVision told The Hill in a statement that the analysis actually identified two members of neo-Nazi organizations and an actor with “QAnon promotion history.” No identification associated with antifa was made with any of them.

When asked if the company was aware that the article was taken down, the attorney said it was unaware, but “unfortunately, the damage has already been done.”

The Washington Times told The Hill on Thursday evening that the story was re-uploaded with the following correction: "An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that XRVision facial recognition software identified Antifa members among rioters who stormed the Capitol Wednesday. XRVision did not identify any Antifa members. The Washington Times apologizes to XRVision for the error."

[Joe Capitalist]

Republicans Are Gaslighting The Country About The Capitol Riot
GOP lawmakers are desperately trying to deflect blame away from Donald Trump and themselves.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/repub...b613cec15d8b73

Sure, the attack on the Capitol was bad, but did you hear about the attack on the White House last year?

The supposed siege of the president’s residence is the latest Republican deflection from the events of Jan. 6, when a pro-Donald Trump mob stirred up by Republican lies about voter fraud ransacked the U.S. Capitol.

Some Republicans, such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), have admitted what actually happened.

“They stormed the Senate floor. They tried to hunt down the speaker of the House. They built a gallows and chanted about murdering the vice president,” McConnell said in February. “They did this because they had been fed wild falsehoods by the most powerful man on Earth ― because he was angry he’d lost an election.”

But others are compiling a growing list of distractions, excuses and alternate theories of the day’s events, hoping that as time passes, the public forgets what actually went on. Here are some of the ways Republicans are trying to deflect blame:

The Rioters Were Just A Group Of Random People, Not United By Anything

[ThatOwlWoman]

*Washington Times" -- hahaha. Hopefully the company sues their pants off.

So just how would a facial recognition program know who the two ppl in question were? If you or I were there, how would it know who WE are?

[reagansghost]

The Washington Times appeared to retract an article claiming that a facial recognition company identified members of the left-wing antifa movement that the paper said infiltrated a group of President Trump's supporters that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

The company, XRVision, demanded the article be taken down and alleged that it was completely false, according to an email statement sent to The Hill. The article appeared to be taken down Thursday afternoon.

"XRVision takes pride in its technology's precision and deems the Washington Times publication as outright false, misleading, and defamatory," the statement read.

"Our attorney is in contact with the Washington Times and has instructed them to ‘Cease and Desist’ from any claims regarding sourcing of XRVision analytics, to retract the current claims, and publish and apology."

The retraction comes as several conservative lawmakers and media figures blamed antifa, an umbrella term for loosely organized anti-fascist groups, for the riot that breached both the House and Senate chambers.

Footage and photos captured around the Capitol building on Wednesday showed a pro-Trump crowd breaking past Capitol Police and smashing windows to enter the premises.

The Washington Times didn’t immediately respond to comment from The Hill.

The article, which was published Wednesday, alleged that XRVision performed a facial recognition of protesters and matched “two Philadelphia Antifa members to two men inside the Senate.”

One man allegedly had a tattoo indicating he is a “Stalinist sympathizer,” the article claimed. The article also said another man identified “shows up at climate and Black Lives Matter protests in the West” but said that he had no known links to antifa.

The article went viral as the riot progressed. When the House reconvened after the siege, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), a staunch supporter of Trump, gave a fiery floor speech in which specifically cited the Times's article.

Prior to the article being taken down, XRVision told The Hill in a statement that the analysis actually identified two members of neo-Nazi organizations and an actor with “QAnon promotion history.” No identification associated with antifa was made with any of them.

When asked if the company was aware that the article was taken down, the attorney said it was unaware, but “unfortunately, the damage has already been done.”

[COLOR="#FF0000"]The Washington Times told The Hill on Thursday evening that the story was re-uploaded with the following correction: "An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that XRVision facial recognition software identified Antifa members among rioters who stormed the Capitol Wednesday. XRVision did not identify any Antifa members. The Washington Times apologizes to XRVision for the error."

the Examiner is a Rev Sun Myung Moon rag, never to be trusted for shit

[Matt Dillon]

the Examiner is a Rev Sun Myung Moon rag, never to be trusted for shit

But I bet "The Guardian" is in your myopic world, huh?

[tinfoil]

*Washington Times" -- hahaha. Hopefully the company sues their pants off.

So just how would a facial recognition program know who the two ppl in question were? If you or I were there, how would it know who WE are?

>So just how would a facial recognition program know who the two ppl in question were?

LOL google facial recognition. It's not even that complicated, it just takes a huge database to store the data. You people are so ignorant. WTF a floor guy knows more about it than you. They even have AI that can recognize a person's gait

[Bill]

They need to stick to blaming the deep state, soros & hillar's pizza parlor guy since they won't sue them or call them out for the lies..

Imaginary lovers & strawmen never let you down..........

[AProudLefty]

>So just how would a facial recognition program know who the two ppl in question were?

LOL google facial recognition. It's not even that complicated, it just takes a huge database to store the data. You people are so ignorant. WTF a floor guy knows more about it than you. They even have AI that can recognize a person's gait

It depends on how much information about you is on the database.

[Joe Capitalist]

>So just how would a facial recognition program know who the two ppl in question were?

LOL google facial recognition. It's not even that complicated, it just takes a huge database to store the data. You people are so ignorant. WTF a floor guy knows more about it than you. They even have AI that can recognize a person's gait

Don't wear a mask, tinfool. And please don't get vaccinated. I hope you haven't already. You still sound like a RADICALIZED right-wing extremist so I'm assuming you haven't. Please tell me you haven't been vaccinated, tinfool.