MSNBC footage is from 'No Kings' protest, not 2017

A flurry of conservative commentators and US Senator Ted Cruz accused Democrats of passing off old footage from a 2017 rally ...

Fact Check: MSNBC Did NOT Broadcast Old Footage From 2017 -- Video Really Shows Boston's Oct. 2025 No Kings Protest

Did MSNBC air old 2017 footage of a large crowd in Boston Common and misrepresent it as live footage of the Oct.2025 No Kings ...

Watch out for posts claiming MSNBC aired old footage during report on Boston 'No Kings' protest

An MSNBC spokesperson said the footage in question was recorded Oct. 18, 2025, the day of the protest in Boston.

Boston ‘No Kings’ protest ends peacefully, calls on people to ‘move in radical love’

Follow this play-by-play from throughout Boston's "No Kings" protest Saturday, including photos and remarks from featured ...
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Ted Cruz said MSNBC footage was from 2017, not a ‘No Kings’ rally in Boston. That’s False

MSNBC footage circulating on social media is real and depicts Boston’s Oct. 18 "No Kings" rally. Similar aerial views of the protest aired Oct. 18 on four Boston-area television stations and one in ...

See photos from ‘No Kings’ protests in Boston, the US, and beyond

No Kings” demonstrations were planned across New England, the nation, and the world on Saturday, joining a string of protests ...

Fact check: Reports that broadcast ‘No Kings’ protest footage was old were false

The footage MSNBC aired is real and depicted Boston’s Oct. 18 “No Kings” rally. The views of the protest that MSNBC aired ...

'No Kings' rally photos were 'confirmed' to be AI-created?

A meme shared in October 2025 alleged someone "confirmed" the AI origins of the photos, adding, "There were about 800 people in Boston, not 100,000." ...