Mike Netter@nettermike
Liberal Media Falls for TikTok Hoax: Staged ICE Arrest Video Fooled Even "Sophisticated" Journalists
Bill O'Reilly just ripped the lid off another leftist propaganda stunt on social media. A viral TikTok from the account @tonyandangel claimed to show a shocking ICE agent dragging a U.S. citizen off a plane in San Francisco. Millions watched it, hearts racing, ready to bash border enforcement under Trump.
The video opens with a man in a bulletproof vest and badge storming down the aisle, demanding, "Juan Garcia?" He confronts a bearded passenger, escalating the fake drama as the "agent" hauls him away while the plane supposedly sits grounded. The caption screamed: "ICE agent removes US citizen from airplane. CRAZY!"
O'Reilly wasn't buying it. "It's a phony! They're actors — NO disclaimer that we could find! NONE!" he declared on his No Spin News. "It's a set that they used. They had to spend some money on this. It was a complete phony! Just threw it on up!"
This wasn't some amateur prank. The @tonyandangel crew churns out scripted skits on the same airplane set, complete with recurring actors. No real flight, no real ICE, no real removal — just left-wing clickbait designed to paint enforcement as brutal overreach.
The kicker? O'Reilly's own liberal friends and journalist contacts flooded his phone with the clip right after it dropped. "Right after that dropped I got all kinds of texts from my liberal friends, 'See! See! See! See! See!'" he recounted. Even they swallowed it whole, treating Hollywood make-believe as proof that ICE is out of control.
This is the sorry state of the mainstream media echo chamber: so eager to smear Trump-era border security that they amplify obvious fakes without a second thought. While real Americans demand law and order at the border, TikTok grifters and their media enablers peddle lies to stir division and protect illegal chaos.
O'Reilly nailed it — millions believed the hoax, including the very people supposed to inform the public. In the age of endless digital deception, skepticism isn't optional; it's essential to cut through the leftist spin.