How #Republicans used #CheapFakes to attack #Biden in 24hrs
#POTUS, who at 81 is decades younger than the vets he honored during Thurs’s D-Day commemoration, nonetheless found his age & fitness in the spotlight as selectively #edited clips of him circulated online.
D-Day’s 80th quickly became the latest example of the fast spread of #manipulated videos, highlighting the use of #misinformation [ #disinformation ] & #ConspiracyTheories in politics.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/11/biden-videos-republicans-cheap-fake-d-day/
How Republicans used misleading videos to attack Biden in a 24-hour period
Such deceptively edited videos, known as “cheap fakes,” have become staples of Republican attacks against President Biden.Toluse Olorunnipa (The Washington Post)
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in reply to Nonilex • • •In #edited videos, #Republican ofcls & allies of #Trump repeatedly tried to turn #Biden’s visit into a highlight reel of senior moments & missteps….Trump, who turns 78 on Fri, has also repeatedly attacked Biden over his age & fitness, & regularly shares videos of the president looking frail. But an examination of video feeds from the events in France, makes clear that the selected clips were edited to present a particularly damaging — & *misleading* [false] — picture.
#gaslighting #propaganda