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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(129,830 posts)
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 02:34 PM Oct 8

Fox News' Masked 'Antifa Whistleblower' Looks Suspiciously Similar to Its 'Former Mexican Mafia Member'

Fox News host Jesse Watters raised eyebrows this month after he interviewed a masked “Antifa whistleblower” who looked suspiciously similar to a “former Mexican Mafia member” he interviewed in 2023.

Last week, Watters interviewed “Eric,” an “Antifa whistleblower,” about his supposed past as a far-left extremist.

Within days, however, social media users were quick to point out the similarities in appearance between “Eric” and “Ramon ‘Mundo’ Mendoza,” a “former Mexican Mafia member” Watters interviewed in December 2023.







“It looks pretty much like the same guy…” reacted journalist David Pugliese.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fox-news-masked-antifa-whistleblower-002042302.html
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RockRaven

(18,173 posts)
2. It is the SEAL who claims he killed Bin Laden and is a regular FUX bobblehead.
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 02:37 PM
Oct 8

There are at least 4 personas he has portrayed on FUX.

Attilatheblond

(7,503 posts)
3. So, one of the 'crisis actors' RW pundits often talk about
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 02:41 PM
Oct 8

Every accusation they make is projection.

tanyev

(48,095 posts)
5. I bet a photo gallery of everyone who works on Watters' show
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 02:42 PM
Oct 8

would also contain the photo of a man whose eye area looks very much like “Eric” and “Ramon”.

DET

(2,259 posts)
8. Fake News, Fake People
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 03:08 PM
Oct 8

So now they’re not just making up stories, they’re making up people. Shouldn’t that be in violation of some kind of journalistic or broadcast standards? How can they call themselves ‘news’ when they just make sh*t up?

Torchlight

(5,894 posts)
10. It's Larry, his brother Darryl, and his other brother Darryl.
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 03:49 PM
Oct 8

I wonder if antifa whistleblowers are routinely members of the screen actors guild and get paid rate for these interviews?

haele

(14,730 posts)
12. Naaah. The guy is probably already on payroll as a gofer
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 04:37 PM
Oct 8

Or assistant Producer, writer, or something like that.
I could see them bringing on someone from behind the camera for a $5k bonus or something like that to be pretend "interviewed".
It would have to be someone inhouse who understands the stereotypes and the talking points to be reinforced and won't need to be coached.

JoseBalow

(8,720 posts)
14. This should be easy for facial recognition software to verify a match
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 05:31 PM
Oct 8

especially given how totally obvious it is for a casual observer to see. It's definitely the same guy.

chowder66

(11,436 posts)
15. I know I'm going to get slammed for this but I don't think it's the same guy.
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 05:45 PM
Oct 8

"Eric" seems younger and his accent is different. He doesn't have any of the moles you can see in the original footage of "Mundo". I looked at both original videos. "Mundo" also has a fairly distinctive bag over his right eye (left eye to us when viewing the video), it's a bag upon the hooded part of his eye. He sounds older and has some sort of accent which I can't place. Chicago, East Coast? Hell I don't know.

The interview with "Eric" was actually kind of interesting. Watters tries to put words in his mouth but it doesn't always work. For instance he asks if his group primarily promoted violence and "Eric" responds with "it was a perk". It sounds like "Eric" got into some minor local shit with a couple of friends. When some other "California" group came around or they looked into them... shit got more intense and he backed out.

There is no indication what "group" this was.

ShazamIam

(2,940 posts)
18. Yet they wonder why so many of us have abandoned legacy news providers for liberal internet channels. nt
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 06:18 PM
Oct 8
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