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Linked video promoting conspiracy theory?

The first link under Audiovisual Materials in the External links section leads to a video titled "Smolensk surviving passengers executed at gun point." It shows a video of the crash site where audio seems to depict (de-aud?) the president of poland saying he's alive, then being shot. As I think it's generally accepted that no foul play was involved, I assume this video may be doctored in some way, and is likely promoting a conspiracy theory? I don't claim to know much about this topic at all, I just thought the inclusion of the video was strange and thought it worth bringing up. Aristaeusapiculturist (talk) 01:47, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Removed I agree that the audio on this is most likely faked. Peaceray (talk) 03:47, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Conspiracy theories are funny. Apart from being crushed by airplane structure collapsing on them, the crash subjected everyone on board to acceleration of over 100G. This resulted in [...]'s arm and leg being literally torn off from his body. A tragic fate but at least he didn't suffer.

What would be the point of shooting someone who lost his lims and bled out just seconds after the crash? 2A00:F41:C25:8A9E:6811:41FF:FE85:EBDE (talk) 00:16, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

One look at the crash site shows that nobody on board would have survived. People have been recycling this conspiracy theory since soon after the crash.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:31, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]