> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://goodoil.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Yet Another ABC “Fact-Check” Lie - URL: https://goodoil.news/yet-another-abc-fact-check-lie/ - Published: 2022-02-19T03:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2022-02-18T04:51:10.000Z - Author: Cam Slater - Tags: AUS Politics, Media, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:12 Roll up, roll up! See the Amazing ABC “Fact-Check” gymnastics! Watch your taxes at work as left-wing activists double-back-flip while whistling lies through their teeth! They can do anything! Except tell you the straight truth… As I [reported recently](https://goodoil.news/who-needs-martians-when-youve-got-the-afp/), there are concerns that police may have used devices like long-range acoustic devices (LRADs), aka “sonic disrupters” and even Active Denial Systems (ADS), aka, “Heat Rays” on Freedom Convoy protesters in Canberra. On the final day of the protests, many began noticing odd symptoms like ringing ears, headaches, exhaustion, anxiety and feelings of anger. Others reported unusually severe sunburn, including blistered lips. Under questioning by Senator **Malcolm Roberts**, Australian Federal Police confirmed the presence of LRADs, but refused to state whether they’d been used. A video circulating on social media purportedly shows dangerously high radiofrequency signals in the area. Enter the ABC, to distract, dissemble and double-speak. > A spokesman for ACT Policing confirmed to Fact Check via email that LRADs were deployed during the protests. > > But while the devices are known to cause harm (they are often referred to as non-lethal weapons), claims made by Canberra protesters that the use of the devices caused them to feel ill are likely incorrect. > As I constantly warn, **always assume that “fact checkers” are trying to bullshit you**. Like this, for instance: > The video implies that the ill effects caused by the LRADs were being felt by the crowd despite the devices being inaudible. **But that’s *exactly* how LRADs work.** “Even sounds that humans can’t hear can cause ill effects,” writes a [*Howstuffworks* article](https://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/ear/when-sound-makes-you-sick.htm?ref=goodoil.news). “Research links ultrasound, which can penetrate and heat living tissue, with ailments such as dizziness, balance disturbances, tinnitus — a persistent ringing in the ears — and fatigue.” In other words, *precisely* what the Canberra protesters reported. Here come the lies and double-speak. > But **James Parker**, an associate professor at Melbourne University who is the director of a research program titled “Law, Sound and the International”, told *Fact Check* that’s not how LRADs work. And then he goes on to explain that that’s *exactly* how they work. > Dr Parker explained that the devices could be used in two ways: to issue voice commands or to emit “an incredibly high pitched and painful” alert tone capable of causing ear damage. > > Asked whether the devices could be used to “attack” the protesters without being audible, Dr Parker replied: “I don’t think there’s any evidence whatsoever of the LRAD being used for secret, stealth, sub-audible attacks.” Note, here, that he’s *not actually answering the question*. The question wasn’t *have* they been used in such a way, but *could* they be? A question he ends up admitting that the answer is “yes”: > He added that the most effective way to cause harm using sound was through high-pitched frequencies broadcast extremely loudly. > > [ABC Australia](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-18/coronacheck-sonic-weapons-lrad-police-canberra-protests/100839612?ref=goodoil.news) This is what more than a billion dollars a year of our taxes buys us: non-stop [lies](https://youtu.be/7El-YJMdYQE?ref=goodoil.news) and [misinformation](https://thekouk.com/blog/abc-fact-check-bias-incompetence-a-misunderstanding.html?ref=goodoil.news) from a so-called “fact-checker”. I can only say again: *always* assume a “fact-checker” is trying to bullshit you. Because they almost always are. [If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.](#) [You can drop a few pennies in Lushington’s begging cup and access exclusive Member content, or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable, just by clicking here to browse our Membership options.](https://thebfd.co.nz/subscription-plans/?ref=104)