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When it's not video games, there have been instances of certain channels such as Time Now also passing footage of an American F-15 aircraft flying over Welsh valley as proof of Pakistani airforce flying over the Panjshir valley. This cancelled Arma 3 mod preview can hold us over by showing Star Wars fans something theyve always wanted to see: An AT-AT shooting down a helicopter. Indeed, as you can tell from old footage, Arma 3's 'Malden 2035' isn't a 1:1 recreation that puts each tree and shrub in the same spot.It's more like Arma 3's skin, and the assets of its existing islands, superimposed onto the bones and geometry of the old slab of land. It's disappointing to see major news channels using sources without fact checks in perpetuating fake news. The clip was used as evidence for the Pakistani airforce supporting the Taliban against resistance fighters from the valley in Afghanistan. Hello The 'exclusive video' that your team has accessed of Airstrikes at #PanjshirValley is actually from a video game 'Arma-3'.

This isn't the first time that news channels have used content from sources with missing context, as Alt News co-founder and fact-checker Mohammed Zubair points out on a Twitter thread. Find all the best multiplayer servers for Arma3.

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