{"id":1471867,"date":"2024-06-18T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T20:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1471867"},"modified":"2024-06-18T16:20:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T20:20:00","slug":"your-lyin-eyes-corporate-media-panics-with-fact-checks-over-bidens-obvious-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/your-lyin-eyes-corporate-media-panics-with-fact-checks-over-bidens-obvious-decline\/1471867\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Lyin&#8217; Eyes: Corporate Media Panics With &#8216;Fact Checks&#8217; Over Biden&#8217;s Obvious Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Your Lyin&#8217; Eyes: Corporate Media Panics With &#8216;Fact Checks&#8217; Over Biden&#8217;s Obvious Decline<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>After several videos <strong>plainly showing Joe Biden&#8217;s obvious cognitive decline<\/strong> went viral over the last week, <strong>the left is now pulling the &#8216;out of context&#8217; thing<\/strong>, suggesting that they&#8217;re edited &#8220;cheap fakes&#8221; that are &#8220;done in bad faith,&#8221; <strong>and both <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/misleading-gop-videos-biden-viral-fact-checks-rcna133316\">NBC News<\/a> <\/em>and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-fundraiser-freeze-misinformation-election-efe67fe51ab189cbcbc850332969fd46\"><em>AP<\/em><\/a> running &#8216;fact checks.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 George Orwell, 1984<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1803041567831192060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, <strong>the media is doing &#8216;fact checks&#8217; to debunk your lyin&#8217; eyes! <\/strong>Check out NBC&#8217;s (9 million follower, 25k view in 12 hours, highly ratio&#8217;d post with hilarious replies) take:<\/p>\n<p>Misleading GOP videos of President Biden are going viral. The fact-checks have trouble keeping up. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ABDPY6fxjP\">https:\/\/t.co\/ABDPY6fxjP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC News (@NBCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews\/status\/1802895283350646864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>They&#8217;re now calling authentic footage &#8220;cheap fakes,&#8221; <\/strong>which as we noted yesterday, appears to be <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/hot-campaign-fail-secret-service-agent-robbed-wh-spox-mocked-after-biden-propped\">coordinated messaging<\/a> with the White House<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>While &#8220;deepfakes&#8221; are misleading audio, video or images that are created or edited with artificial intelligence technology, a &#8220;cheap fake,&#8221; according to researchers Britt Paris and Joan Donovan, is a &#8220;manipulation created with cheaper, more accessible software (or, none at all). Cheap fakes can be rendered through Photoshop, lookalikes, re-contextualizing footage, speeding, or slowing.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To recap:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KirkLubimov\/status\/1801311461588766888\">Biden &#8216;wandered off&#8217; during a G7 flag ceremony<\/a> while he was supposed to be taking a photo with other world leaders before Italian Prime Minister\u00a0Giorgia Meloni <strong>shepherded him back to the group<\/strong>. According to the fact checkers, he was &#8216;paying respects to a paratrooper.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><strong>According to the fact check, <\/strong>&#8220;<strong>Biden was greeting a parachutist who had just landed as part of the ceremony.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, requiring Meloni to physically bring him back to the group.<\/p>\n<p>He then <strong>did some weird <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/flapprdotnet\/status\/1801712773904351483\">nursing home mind-meld<\/a> with <\/strong><strong>the Pope<\/strong>, possibly (definitely) sniffing him. Unsurprisingly, <strong>no debunk! <\/strong>Apparently even <em>NBC News<\/em> couldn&#8217;t defend this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/biden%20pope.JPG?itok=WKYLDJY4\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, the <em>Hollywood Reporter<\/em>&#8216;s Chris Gardner showed a clip of <strong>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chrissgardner\/status\/1802239454314410096\">&#8216;freezing&#8217; on stage<\/a> last weekend<\/strong>, and having to be similarly guided off stage by former President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p>LOL, this &#8220;fact checking&#8221; thing has really gone too far<\/p>\n<p>Top video: Unedited<\/p>\n<p>Bottom video: Camera switch <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uu7i9WZGhj\">https:\/\/t.co\/Uu7i9WZGhj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jYT6s7P9n2\">pic.twitter.com\/jYT6s7P9n2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylenabecker\/status\/1803059968607768672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0According to a new &#8216;fact check&#8217; from AP, citing <strong>Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s spokesman and an anonymous source<\/strong>, <strong>Biden was simply &#8220;pausing&#8221; amid cheers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude44<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AP<\/a> replaced the word \u201cfroze\u201d with \u201cpaused,\u201d &amp; added some additional flowery language about \u201ccheers and applause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boom, \u201cfact check.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As an aside, interesting that such an intense degree of attention is being paid to arguing over what, when compared to all of the various\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1ng7fdR7rD\">https:\/\/t.co\/1ng7fdR7rD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GeroDoc (@doc_gero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/doc_gero\/status\/1803074462931148935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AP<\/a> is a far left propaganda machine<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1803064271447699758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And wait, <strong>is this a cheap fake?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some pretty obvious airbrushing on Joe Biden&#8217;s 81-year-old face <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QnqqPMDcTU\">https:\/\/t.co\/QnqqPMDcTU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h24PfNeFet\">pic.twitter.com\/h24PfNeFet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alec Sears (@alec_sears) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alec_sears\/status\/1802892252462592246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026 and let\u2019s be honest. This is bizarre behavior, no?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EgwgQ9Qq2u\">pic.twitter.com\/EgwgQ9Qq2u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GeroDoc (@doc_gero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/doc_gero\/status\/1803076339039125850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nobody&#8217;s buying it&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the Emperor&#8217;s New Clothes, folks.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing to see here, say the &#8220;wise&#8221; ones<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd21<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Perperpetual Cynic (@ToddSalvatore2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToddSalvatore2\/status\/1802898241828405283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh wow, can you show us the original videos then.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The People&#8217;s Cube (@ThePeoplesCube) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThePeoplesCube\/status\/1803044641085722846?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whenever the anti American Democrats do anything<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oS3t0pHF87\">pic.twitter.com\/oS3t0pHF87<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rapidsloth (@Rapidsloth_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rapidsloth_\/status\/1803042084028309740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Agitprop<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ecm1031 (@ecm1031) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ecm1031\/status\/1803073510870278627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2+2=5 right NBC?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott (@leavemealone049) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leavemealone049\/status\/1802910979006570710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;they were cheap fakes&#8221; \ud83d\ude35\u200d\ud83d\udcab\ud83d\udd0a<br \/>\nKarine Jean-Pierre <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kuKSp1xrW2\">pic.twitter.com\/kuKSp1xrW2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 drefanzor memes (@drefanzor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drefanzor\/status\/1802834100346368437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBreuer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JimBreuer<\/a>!! This is hilarious!!<br \/>\n\ud83d\ude02 \ud83d\ude02\ud83e\udd23\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude2d\ud83e\udd23 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IHzg1gGQ30\">pic.twitter.com\/IHzg1gGQ30<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83d\udcab\u2728FOXX\u2728\ud83d\udcab (@Based1717) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Based1717\/status\/1802851839643099621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Tue, 06\/18\/2024 &#8211; 12:20<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/your-lyin-eyes-corporate-media-panics-fact-checks-over-bidens-obvious-decline\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/your-lyin-eyes-corporate-media-panics-fact-checks-over-bidens-obvious-decline<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your Lyin&#8217; Eyes: Corporate Media Panics With &#8216;Fact Checks&#8217; Over Biden&#8217;s Obvious Decline After several videos plainly showing Joe Biden&#8217;s obvious cognitive decline went viral&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1471868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1471867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1471867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1471867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1471867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1471868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1471867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1471867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1471867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}