Xymphora: Did Berlusconi Fake the Attack?

Once again Xymphora comes through with the information. Nice Going.

Friday, December 25, 2009

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Oscar for Berlusconi
The Italians posting videos to YouTube (here and here and here and the one embedded here) make an excellent case that the attack on Berlusconi was faked;
the cameraman meticulously following Berlusconi's every move mysteriously turns away vaguely into the crowd just before the attack;
you can see the swing of the attacker at Berlusconi, which misses him;
Berlusconi immediately puts a black piece of plastic he had been holding in his hand (?) over his face (but in the moment before he does so you can see his face is unmarked);
there is no blood above the plastic at first, but when Berlusconi emerges from his car there is a new smear of blood under his eye;
his bodyguards spend some time obscuring our view while they apply the makeup in the car (and one may have a can of some spray-on substance);
the makeup appears as caked and dried blood, not what you would see as the result of a very recent attack.

The trickery worked - Berlusconi's personal popularity in Italy soared after the attack.