“That Viral Video of a Convenience Store Robbery Is Worse Than Fake”, 2018-02-16 (; backlinks; similar):
An extremely compelling video has racked up over 2 million views on Twitter in less than 24 hours. It appears to show security footage of two young skateboarders stealing chips from a convenience store when a dude with a shotgun enters and attempts to rob the place. And then the skateboarders totally stop him and then run off with the munchie material!
Don’t get too excited. It’s fake. Not only is the clip fake, it’s also an ad for a new Facebook web series called Five Points…my God, the world is an awful jungle of tricks and deceit when you step back and look at it with clear eyes.
…To Facebook’s credit, the company did add a bumper to the end of the convenience store robbery video when Five Points posted it on Instagram. It appears that one or several Twitter users simply chopped off the branding to make it appear more authentic. Either way, the Five Points Facebook page pretty much exclusively features viral-looking social media posts that are 100% fake. The convenience store robbery video has been viewed nearly 400,000 times.