Fox News senior correspondent Peter Doocy on Tuesday fact-checked the White House, which claims President Joe Biden is the victim of a “cheap fake” video.
On Monday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Accused “Right-wing” media have circulated “cheap fake” videos that show the president paralyzed in public and walking around looking mentally confused and weak. Jean-Pierre called the videos “misinformation” and “fake news” and proof that the “right-wing” media has a “credibility problem.”
“A cheap fake is just a clip cut shorter than you want or at an angle you don’t like.”
What Jean-Pierre did not include in his accusations against her was One of the videos in question is He is a reporter for the Hollywood Reporter, which is by no means a “right-wing” media outlet.
But on “Fox & Friends,” Doocy provided important context for these videos and why the Biden administration is attacking them.
“While disavowing these clips, she also mentioned ‘cheapfakes’ and ‘deepfakes.’ But there’s an important difference: A deepfake is when someone uses AI or other software to change what President Biden is doing or saying. A cheapfake is simply a clip that’s cut shorter than you would like or from an angle you don’t like,” Doocy explained.
“But they’re both the same thing in that the White House is using it as a scapegoat because they don’t want people to think that what they see on social media is what it seems,” he added.
Even if the video lacked the context the White House wanted, Doocy reminded viewers that the video itself was not manipulated.
“The fact is that a lot of these videos lack context, but that doesn’t mean what people are seeing isn’t actually happening,” he noted.
“These clips are not being manipulated with an AI,” he explained. “The thing is, every video you see online has been edited or cut in some way, unless you’re rewatching the entire livestream played from start to finish. Everything has been cut at some point. And White House officials just want the clips to be longer so people can see more context.”
The White House’s attack on the so-called “cheap fake” video is probably not an effective PR strategy.
Because the scenario featured in the video is not an isolated incident but has been happening throughout Biden’s presidency, it’s probably not a good idea to lecture voters that their eyes are deceiving them.
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