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This Isn’t Law and Order. It’s Narrative Control.

The White House is using AI, doctored footage, and viral outrage to sell you a fake story about the LA protests.

The Los Angeles protests over ICE raids are being turned into propaganda. Not just by influencers or news outlets. The federal government is pumping out clips that look more like campaign ads than facts.

Look at the video the White House posted on Instagram. It splices together burning streets and violent scenes, then overlays quotes from Democrats and reporters saying the protests are peaceful. It’s edited to make one point: liberal leaders are lying, the city’s under attack, and only President Trump can stop it.

That’s not sloppy reporting. It’s a strategy. In the Attention Economy, outrage wins. The more extreme the video, the more views, shares, and clicks it gets. Rage travels fast. Truth lags behind.

This time, AI is doing some of the dirty work. The FBI shared a wanted poster of a protester accused of assault. But the images don’t look real. They have the classic tells: weird lighting, distorted features, digital artifacts. They look synthetic, not snapped.

These images were posted by the FBI as part of an investigation. But they show telltale signs of AI: distorted hands, blurred edges, pixel artifacts. So who are we really looking at?

Major outlets shared suspect photos too. One image shows melted faces and rubbery limbs. You might miss it if you’re scrolling fast. But it’s there. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

This image circulated during the LA ICE protests. But several visual artifacts, like blurred limbs, warped fingers, missing features, suggest it may have been AI-generated.

Here’s the problem: if the government and the media are using AI-generated visuals to tell the story, what part of that story can we actually trust?

And it’s not just about images. It’s about lies passed off as news. Texas Senator Ted Cruz posted a video of LAPD cruisers on fire and said the protests weren’t peaceful. That video was from 2020. Actor James Woods pushed it too. Trump thanked the National Guard for saving LA before they’d even arrived. The Defense Department said the city was burning when it wasn’t.

Cruz’s post is based on recycled footage from the George Floyd protests in 2020. The video wasn’t taken during the 2025 LA ICE protests.

But thanks to the algorithm, that nonsense spreads like wildfire. These apps are built to reward what grabs you, not what informs you. So the fake stuff shoots to the top.

Even Dr. Phil showed up. He embedded with ICE like it was a documentary shoot. That’s not law enforcement. That’s a stunt. This isn’t a crackdown. It’s made-for-TV theater.

This isn’t a field report. It’s a media stunt. Dr. Phil showed up with cameras while ICE played along. It’s not law enforcement. It’s TV.

This isn’t just noise. It’s coordinated manipulation. When AI fabrications, recycled footage, and reality-show drama flood your screen, they bury the facts. They overwhelm the truth. They make everything feel fake.

And once you doubt everything, you’re easier to control.

That’s the point.

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