Where have news organizations published the bystander videos of the Alex Pretti shooting and do those pages link to original uploads?
Executive summary
Major U.S. and international news organizations have published bystander videos of the Alex Pretti shooting on their websites and in video players — including CNBC, CBS News, BBC, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Reuters, PBS NewsHour, The New York Times and others — and several explicitly say their reporters verified or reviewed multiple bystander clips [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]. Reporting does not show a consistent practice of those news pages linking directly to the original social‑media uploads; outlets more commonly publish embedded or hosted copies and describe verification rather than pointing readers to the original uploader URLs [1] [2] [7] [5] [6].
1. Where major outlets published the footage
National and international outlets ran on‑site video pages or embedded clips showing the bystander angles: CNBC published verified bystander videos and a story describing multiple camera angles [1], CBS News ran verified videos showing the scene from several angles [2], the BBC posted a video package of bystander footage [3], and The Guardian published a “new angle” video page of a bystander capture [4]. The Washington Post ran an analysis of multiple videos and embedded sequences showing an agent emerging with a gun before shots were fired [5], Reuters and PBS reported that bystander video contradicted official claims and reviewed several clips [6] [7], and The New York Times published a video piece and remembrance that incorporated bystander footage [8]. Additional outlets including NewsNation, ABC/ABC Australia and various outlets aggregated and analyzed multiple bystander recordings on their story pages [9] [10] [11].
2. How outlets described their access and verification
Many newsrooms explicitly stated they had “verified” or reviewed multiple bystander clips rather than merely embedding a single viral post — CBS News and CNBC used language that their teams verified footage filmed from different angles [2] [1], PBS/Newshour and Reuters reported they had reviewed bystander footage that contradicted official statements [7] [6], and Washington Post investigators analyzed several videos to map the sequence of events [5]. Those same reports emphasize editorial verification and analysis rather than attributing the video to a single public upload, indicating newsroom review processes were central to their presentation [1] [5] [6].
3. Whether story pages link to original social‑media uploads
Across the sampled reporting, outlets more often embedded the video they vetted or hosted their own clips and described verification steps instead of linking to the original uploader’s social posts; CNBC and CBS News say they verified bystander videos but the articles do not, in the cited reporting, claim to link readers to original uploader URLs [1] [2]. PBS, Reuters and The Washington Post likewise report having reviewed video evidence but present the footage within their platforms or describe it in analysis rather than providing source‑post links in the coverage cited here [7] [6] [5]. The Guardian and BBC published video pages of bystander footage [4] [3], but the available summaries do not establish that those pages included direct links to the initial social‑media uploads rather than their own embeds.
4. Limits of the available reporting and alternative perspectives
The public record in these sources documents extensive newsroom verification and multiple published video angles, and also shows disagreement with initial DHS/administration accounts [1] [6]. What the cited reporting does not systematically disclose is a catalog of original uploader URLs or a consistent newsroom practice of linking to the first public posts; absence of such links in the summaries may reflect editorial decisions to host verified clips and to avoid amplifying unverified accounts, but the sources here do not supply definitive, itemized link trails to originals [1] [2] [7] [5]. Conservative outlets framed the viral dissemination and activist networks differently, focusing on organization and messaging rather than verification practices [12], underscoring competing narratives about how the footage spread.
5. Bottom line for a reader tracing the provenance
Readers can find multiple bystander videos embedded and analyzed on major news sites — CNBC, CBS, BBC, The Guardian, Washington Post, Reuters, PBS, NYT and others published vetted clips or video pages [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]. However, those story pages, as described by the reporting provided, typically present newsroom‑verified or hosted video rather than a direct link list of the original social‑media uploads; the sampled articles emphasize verification and analysis over linking back to each initial uploader [1] [2] [5] [6]. Where original upload links matter for independent chain‑of‑custody checks, the available coverage here does not consistently supply them, and that gap is noted across multiple outlets [7] [5].