The two- legged rats at the Republican National Committee and their fascistic media organizations are at it again, producing "cheapfake" edited videos purporting to show President Biden confused and feeble. The Washington Post's fact checker has the story and the telling videos embedded:
... This past week, the RNC feed has misleadingly called attention to two video clips of Biden. One was so distorted that it resulted in a “community note” on the X platform calling out its dishonesty. But the RNC’s dismal track record — which we have highlighted on multiple occasions — has not stopped right-leaning outfits from echoing the RNC’s framing and reinforcing its narrative that Biden has lost a step.
On June 13, at about 1 p.m., the RNC posted a clip it captioned, “What is Biden doing?” The post has been viewed more than 3 million times. Biden is seen with other Group of Seven leaders watching skydivers in Italy, carrying the flags of the nations. Biden turns and walks a few steps to chat with one of the parachutists, the only leader to do so. Then Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni turns him back to the other leaders. In one feed distributed by news services — the one used by the RNC — it’s not entirely clear who Biden is talking to, but an alternative feed, also distributed by news services, makes it clear that Biden is having a conversation.
The New York Post jumped on the RNC clip, posting a story less than two hours later and embedding the RNC post. When the White House cried foul, saying the video had been taken out of context, the newspaper buried that comment in the bottom of the story, while noting that the video feed had been distributed by news services. (None characterized it as the RNC did. C-SPAN, for instance, titled its video: “President Biden & G-7 Leaders Watch Skydiving Demonstration.”)
The New York Post went on to make the fake story the cover of its print edition...
Of course, you should expect nothing less from these fascist liars and propagandists who are eager for their convicted felon cult leader Malignant Loser to get back into power. No wonder they've embraced the pathological liar as their cult leader; they're all one and the same. The danger, of course, is when this gets broad attention via social media (and some less- than- rigorous "mainstream media" and outfits like C-SPAN). Bald fabrications like the ones described in the linked article will be more the norm in Christofascist Republican politics from now on, especially when they reinforce negative stereotypes for gullible voters. Now that AI technology is available, more sophisticated fakes will take longer to expose than these "cheapfake" edited hit jobs, if they're exposed at all (recall felonious fascist Steve Bannon's "flood the zone with shit" Christofascist political business model, too).
The entire article is worth a read.
BONUS: Meanwhile, the very real cognitive issues of their cult leader are on public display.
(Image: screenshot of WaPo "cheapfake" videos)
