OMF Oh my fake: why do the images of a nurse arrested by the police affect us so much? - 20 Minutes

A woman brutally arrested by the police, wearing a white blouse, blood on her face. The images of Farida, a nurse arrested during a caregivers' demonstration, made the rounds of networks and the media.

Shocking images that arouse emotion. Then appear other images, that of the same nurse throwing stones at the police. Part of the opinion turns around violently. The nurse is given the wrong identity and is even accused ... of not being a nurse.

Why these exacerbated emotions and these reversals?

Clémence explains this to us in the last issue of OMF “Oh My fake”.

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  • 20 minutes video
  • Covid 19
  • Coronavirus
  • Fake news
  • Fake Off
  • Oh my fake
  • Demonstration
  • Police violence
  • Nurse