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This video is great because they zoom in and play the incident on repeat. Close up it sure does look like a bully physically imposing his will and trying to prevent a young lady from doing her job. I'm sure Leftists will applaud this though. They'll probably try to destroy that poor white White House aide next as punishment for daring attempt to take the mic from their leftist reporter god.

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I dislike Acosta as much as the next person, but this seems blown out of portion. He doesn't even grab or push her in the video and she was the one reaching in trying to take the mic. Acosta's a relentless jerk, yes, but the White House was looking for any excuse to get rid of him and they jumped on this big time.

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Gunny Hartman said:

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This video is great because they zoom in and play the incident on repeat. Close up it sure does look like a bully physically imposing his will and trying to prevent a young lady from doing her job. I'm sure Leftists will applaud this though. They'll probably try to destroy that poor white White House aide next as punishment for daring attempt to take the mic from their leftist reporter god.

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I dislike Acosta as much as the next person, but this seems blown out of portion. He doesn't even grab or push her in the video and she was the one reaching in trying to take the mic. Acosta's a relentless jerk, yes, but the White House was looking for any excuse to get rid of him and they jumped on this big time.

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Acosta is not there to cover the story. Acosta is there to be the story.

What we saw today from Fat Nixon was outrageous.

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What we saw today from Fat Nixon was outrageous.

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The entire world knows the "reporter" was inappropriate here (I used quotes because he isn't reporting the news, he's trying to create it). And you just called the President "Fat Nixon." But sure, he's the outrageous one in this scenario.

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Gunny Hartman said:

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This video is great because they zoom in and play the incident on repeat. Close up it sure does look like a bully physically imposing his will and trying to prevent a young lady from doing her job. I'm sure Leftists will applaud this though. They'll probably try to destroy that poor white White House aide next as punishment for daring attempt to take the mic from their leftist reporter god.

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I dislike Acosta as much as the next person, but this seems blown out of portion. He doesn't even grab or push her in the video and she was the one reaching in trying to take the mic. Acosta's a relentless jerk, yes, but the White House was looking for any excuse to get rid of him and they jumped on this big time.

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I agree the "bullying" is overblown. He didn't push her. I completely agree with Gunny that Acosta has ZERO interest in reporting the news. He's there to BE the news.

Let's face it. One easy way to get paid big in news media is to be a loud blowhard. Acosta is a wannabe Stephen A. Smith.

And, no, BHO never responded like that. Why? He accepted few opposition questions in the rare press conferences he held.

Have to give credit to Trump for his willingness to face what he knows will be confrontational MSM. He seems to thrive in the chaos. Most presidents, especially the previous two, avoided and controlled their infrequent press conferences. Trump WANTS to be in the ring. WWF!!!

Gunny Hartman said:

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This video is great because they zoom in and play the incident on repeat. Close up it sure does look like a bully physically imposing his will and trying to prevent a young lady from doing her job. I'm sure Leftists will applaud this though. They'll probably try to destroy that poor white White House aide next as punishment for daring attempt to take the mic from their leftist reporter god.

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It looks like the aide is reaching in to snatch the Mic away, all Acosta does is hold on to it, the only bully in the room is Trump and when he doesnt get his way, throws his toys out of the pram like the giant baby that he is.

It's amazing how people can see two completely different things in the same video.

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How low can the press get? He actually bullies a white house female staffer, pushes her away then yanks the microphone out of her hand.

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I wouldn't call that pushing.

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It's amazing how people can see two completely different things in the same video.

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There's not two things to be seen in that video. He does not push nor "bully" her. He doesn't give her the mic.

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It's amazing how people can see two completely different things in the same video.

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Laurel!

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Even skinny Nixon wasnt this disrespectful of the Press. This man is out of control and the pressure is getting to him.

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Its as if you have never encountered confrontation in your life.

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Can you imagine BHO screaming at white women reporters telling them to sit down and accusing them of racism? People like you would be outraged. Fat Nixon holds a rare Presser during which he acted like a common street thug and you get a woody for your Alpha male.

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Your hypothetical has never happened nor will it ever happen because the press was O's lapdog.

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Correct on one point. President Obama would never besmirch his office by acting like a common street thug.

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Maybe Trump should be more like Obama and just put Acosta in jail.

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_3307422

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The thin smoking man from Hawaii was possibly the most destructive president in our history but he was quite cool. Even as a conservative I can't help but like the guy.

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It's amazing how people can see two completely different things in the same video.

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There's not two things to be seen in that video. He does not push nor "bully" her. He doesn't give her the mic.

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He pushed her arm away from the mic.

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Gunny Hartman said:

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This video is great because they zoom in and play the incident on repeat. Close up it sure does look like a bully physically imposing his will and trying to prevent a young lady from doing her job. I'm sure Leftists will applaud this though. They'll probably try to destroy that poor white White House aide next as punishment for daring attempt to take the mic from their leftist reporter god.

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It looks like the aide is reaching in to snatch the Mic away, all Acosta does is hold on to it, the only bully in the room is Trump and when he doesnt get his way, throws his toys out of the pram like the giant baby that he is.

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Trump is the kind of bully who tries to head off a perceived threat by making sure the bearers realize he's going to erupt at them like a supervolcano. Acosta didn't cave to that (and he certainly didn't push the officious little intern).

He was asking a legitimate question about Trump's rhetoric inciting violence. Trump didn't want to hear or answer the question. So Trump went on the offensive, trashing Acosta and 2 other reporters.

He's using the same tactic to try to ward off the investigation. Which makes it clear what he really fears. Wonder if he fired Sessions to make that the headline yesterday rather than the GOP's retaking of the House. That's his M.O.

Trump is a native New Yorker and wealthy businessman: he's by nature a bully, rude and dismissive and appears to lack the social graces formerly expected in his social class of people. He is not a good speaker but an accomplished deal-room brawler, where winning the deal is the only issue.

The nation blew this when he was elected, which speaks volumes about the character and reputation of his opponent. I don't know anyone who likes the man but in a larger sense that is irrelevant. The world seems to have concluded that because he is a boor and spends time on social media, he is an idiot. That, if true, is a strategic error. He's no dummy and is jerking the collective chains of his opposition, and especially that of those who report the news as they see it.

A calm, stable and patient media would go far in reigning in the guy by not responding in kind to his jabs. The media bosses did not serve their employees well by cautioning them in this tactic rather than turning them loose into a scrum with an expert at verbal attacks and insults.

It's really pretty funny at some levels.

If this was a white male Fox News reporter doing this to Obama and a female intern, Jinx would be saying another white male is asserting his masculinity over a woman. So with that in mind, i will say the same. The reporter was out of line and it was clear he is just another white male that isn't used to hearing no and was asserting his disgusting masculinity and superiority over an innocent woman. The intern should file assault charges.

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Trump is a native New Yorker and wealthy businessman: he's by nature a bully, rude and dismissive and appears to lack the social graces formerly expected in his social class of people. He is not a good speaker but an accomplished deal-room brawler, where winning the deal is the only issue.

The nation blew this when he was elected, which speaks volumes about the character and reputation of his opponent. I don't know anyone who likes the man but in a larger sense that is irrelevant. The world seems to have concluded that because he is a boor and spends time on social media, he is an idiot. That, if true, is a strategic error. He's no dummy and is jerking the collective chains of his opposition, and especially that of those who report the news as they see it.

A calm, stable and patient media would go far in reigning in the guy by not responding in kind to his jabs. The media bosses did not serve their employees well by cautioning them in this tactic rather than turning them loose into a scrum with an expert at verbal attacks and insults.

It's really pretty funny at some levels.

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Yep. He spent $60 million on the election and got more coverage than Hillary.

Hillary spent $1.2 billion.

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Doc Holliday said:

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Even skinny Nixon wasnt this disrespectful of the Press. This man is out of control and the pressure is getting to him.

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Its as if you have never encountered confrontation in your life.

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Can you imagine BHO screaming at white women reporters telling them to sit down and accusing them of racism? People like you would be outraged. Fat Nixon holds a rare Presser during which he acted like a common street thug and you get a woody for your Alpha male.

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Actually yes.

Obama even jailed reporters and journalists.

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I don't recall more than one journalist being jailed, who all are you referring to? The leakers or the reporters eho quoted them?

Also, I started a thread on BF complaining of Obama's attack on free speech under the Espionage Act. In response the so-called conservative crowd defended the use of the Espionage Act to attack whistleblowers trying to make the Obama administration more transparent. Cognitive dissonance.

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He spied on him too.

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What we saw today from Fat Nixon was outrageous.

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Why should we care about your outrage?

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cms186 said:

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Gunny Hartman said:

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This video is great because they zoom in and play the incident on repeat. Close up it sure does look like a bully physically imposing his will and trying to prevent a young lady from doing her job. I'm sure Leftists will applaud this though. They'll probably try to destroy that poor white White House aide next as punishment for daring attempt to take the mic from their leftist reporter god.

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It looks like the aide is reaching in to snatch the Mic away, all Acosta does is hold on to it, the only bully in the room is Trump and when he doesnt get his way, throws his toys out of the pram like the giant baby that he is.

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Trump is the kind of bully who tries to head off a perceived threat by making sure the bearers realize he's going to erupt at them like a supervolcano. Acosta didn't cave to that (and he certainly didn't push the officious little intern).

He was asking a legitimate question about Trump's rhetoric inciting violence. Trump didn't want to hear or answer the question. So Trump went on the offensive, trashing Acosta and 2 other reporters.

He's using the same tactic to try to ward off the investigation. Which makes it clear what he really fears. Wonder if he fired Sessions to make that the headline yesterday rather than the GOP's retaking of the House. That's his M.O.

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A$$hat Acosta isn't "asking a legitimate question"; first words out of his mouth "... wanna challenge you on one of the statements you made..." followed by a lecture/assertion, "the caravan was not an invasion". What a ******. Perhaps if he would simply ask a question? But, no...

It's funny to see the liberals defend Acosta when you can't see the entire exchange. This has been escalating for a year. If this was some random journalist trying to get his face on TV for the first time Trump wouldn't have responded like this (it was justified 100%) but just like a child, if he continues to act out for the 100th time you have to respond differently w/ stiffer consequences.

My post about 'shoved' was mocking the media who overdramatizes anything the GOP or Trump does. NO he didn't 'shove' her but he did move her arms away then pull back the mic. He was already asked multiple times to sit down and he was asking someone else a question. He ignored the office of the President and kept at it, so Trump is completely justified to cut him off again and 'scold' him. The press lies and scolds Trump daily and manipulates their uneducated readers & viewers, but Trump finally has had enough w/ this crazy journalist who is there for one reason and he is now in the wrong?

Here is more of the interview from the beginning.

Yuge overreaction by Trump.

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Yuge overreaction by Trump.

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He appears stressed.

The White House doctored the video. That's pretty damning. And the doctors video was first shared by an Infowars nut.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/11/08/white-house-shares-doctored-video-support-punishment-journalist-jim-acosta/?utm_term=.3abec50686ec

The edited video looks authentic: Acosta appeared to swiftly chop down on the arm of an aide as he held onto a microphone while questioning President Trump. But in the original video, Acosta's arm appears to move only as a response to a tussle for the microphone. His statement, "Pardon me, ma'am," is not included in the video Sanders shared.

Critics said that video which sped up the movement of Acosta's arms in a way that dramatically changed the journalist's response was deceptively edited to score political points. That edited video was first shared by Paul Joseph Watson, known for his conspiracy-theory videos on the far-right website Infowars.

Watson said he did not change the speed of the video and that claims he had altered it were a "brazen lie." Watson, who did not immediately respond to requests for comment, told BuzzFeed he created the video by downloading an animated image from conservative news site Daily Wire, zooming in and saving it as a video a conversion he says could have made it "look a tiny bit different."

Side-by-side comparisons support claims from fact-checkers and experts such as Jonathan Albright, research director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, who argued that crucial parts of the video appear to have been altered so as to distort the action.

The video has quickly become a flashpoint in the battle over viral misinformation, turning a live interaction watched by thousands in real time into just another ideological tug-of-war. But it has also highlighted how video content long seen as an unassailable verification tool for truth and confirmation has become as vulnerable to political distortion as anything else.

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The White House doctored the video. That's pretty damning. And the doctors video was first shared by an Infowars nut.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/11/08/white-house-shares-doctored-video-support-punishment-journalist-jim-acosta/?utm_term=.3abec50686ec

The edited video looks authentic: Acosta appeared to swiftly chop down on the arm of an aide as he held onto a microphone while questioning President Trump. But in the original video, Acosta's arm appears to move only as a response to a tussle for the microphone. His statement, "Pardon me, ma'am," is not included in the video Sanders shared.

Critics said that video which sped up the movement of Acosta's arms in a way that dramatically changed the journalist's response was deceptively edited to score political points. That edited video was first shared by Paul Joseph Watson, known for his conspiracy-theory videos on the far-right website Infowars.

Watson said he did not change the speed of the video and that claims he had altered it were a "brazen lie." Watson, who did not immediately respond to requests for comment, told BuzzFeed he created the video by downloading an animated image from conservative news site Daily Wire, zooming in and saving it as a video a conversion he says could have made it "look a tiny bit different."

Side-by-side comparisons support claims from fact-checkers and experts such as Jonathan Albright, research director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, who argued that crucial parts of the video appear to have been altered so as to distort the action.

The video has quickly become a flashpoint in the battle over viral misinformation, turning a live interaction watched by thousands in real time into just another ideological tug-of-war. But it has also highlighted how video content long seen as an unassailable verification tool for truth and confirmation has become as vulnerable to political distortion as anything else.

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Did you not see his post a few above yours? He literally zoomed in, exactly how is that 'doctored'?

Amazing what you believe and are brainwashed from MSNBC & CNN.

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cms186 said:

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Gunny Hartman said:

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This video is great because they zoom in and play the incident on repeat. Close up it sure does look like a bully physically imposing his will and trying to prevent a young lady from doing her job. I'm sure Leftists will applaud this though. They'll probably try to destroy that poor white White House aide next as punishment for daring attempt to take the mic from their leftist reporter god.

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It looks like the aide is reaching in to snatch the Mic away, all Acosta does is hold on to it, the only bully in the room is Trump and when he doesnt get his way, throws his toys out of the pram like the giant baby that he is.

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Trump is the kind of bully who tries to head off a perceived threat by making sure the bearers realize he's going to erupt at them like a supervolcano. Acosta didn't cave to that (and he certainly didn't push the officious little intern).

He was asking a legitimate question about Trump's rhetoric inciting violence. Trump didn't want to hear or answer the question. So Trump went on the offensive, trashing Acosta and 2 other reporters.

He's using the same tactic to try to ward off the investigation. Which makes it clear what he really fears. Wonder if he fired Sessions to make that the headline yesterday rather than the GOP's retaking of the House. That's his M.O.

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A$$hat Acosta isn't "asking a legitimate question"; first words out of his mouth "... wanna challenge you on one of the statements you made..." followed by a lecture/assertion, "the caravan was not an invasion". What a ******. Perhaps if he would simply ask a question? But, no...

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Asking the president why he outright lied about a caravan of refugees who won't reach the border for weeks and mischaracterized them as an "invasion" is totally legitimate.

You want everybody to sit down, shut up and believe everything Trump and his administration say--even the things you know aren't true--because you support his agenda.

I'm glad we have a press who won't do that.

My question is why Acosta thought he might get an honest answer from Trump re: the hateful rhetoric or his miscahracterization of the Honduran refugees. Trump was obviously not going to answer either of those questions--at least not truthfully.

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The White House doctored the video. That's pretty damning. And the doctors video was first shared by an Infowars nut.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/11/08/white-house-shares-doctored-video-support-punishment-journalist-jim-acosta/?utm_term=.3abec50686ec

The edited video looks authentic: Acosta appeared to swiftly chop down on the arm of an aide as he held onto a microphone while questioning President Trump. But in the original video, Acosta's arm appears to move only as a response to a tussle for the microphone. His statement, "Pardon me, ma'am," is not included in the video Sanders shared.

Critics said that video which sped up the movement of Acosta's arms in a way that dramatically changed the journalist's response was deceptively edited to score political points. That edited video was first shared by Paul Joseph Watson, known for his conspiracy-theory videos on the far-right website Infowars.

Watson said he did not change the speed of the video and that claims he had altered it were a "brazen lie." Watson, who did not immediately respond to requests for comment, told BuzzFeed he created the video by downloading an animated image from conservative news site Daily Wire, zooming in and saving it as a video a conversion he says could have made it "look a tiny bit different."

Side-by-side comparisons support claims from fact-checkers and experts such as Jonathan Albright, research director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, who argued that crucial parts of the video appear to have been altered so as to distort the action.

The video has quickly become a flashpoint in the battle over viral misinformation, turning a live interaction watched by thousands in real time into just another ideological tug-of-war. But it has also highlighted how video content long seen as an unassailable verification tool for truth and confirmation has become as vulnerable to political distortion as anything else.

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Did you not see his post a few above yours? He literally zoomed in, exactly how is that 'doctored'?

Amazing what you believe and are brainwashed from MSNBC & CNN.

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Watch the news cycle the next couple of days. Sanders is going to be embarrassed.

Jinx 2 said:

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The White House doctored the video. That's pretty damning. And the doctors video was first shared by an Infowars nut.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/11/08/white-house-shares-doctored-video-support-punishment-journalist-jim-acosta/?utm_term=.3abec50686ec

The edited video looks authentic: Acosta appeared to swiftly chop down on the arm of an aide as he held onto a microphone while questioning President Trump. But in the original video, Acosta's arm appears to move only as a response to a tussle for the microphone. His statement, "Pardon me, ma'am," is not included in the video Sanders shared.

Critics said that video which sped up the movement of Acosta's arms in a way that dramatically changed the journalist's response was deceptively edited to score political points. That edited video was first shared by Paul Joseph Watson, known for his conspiracy-theory videos on the far-right website Infowars.

Watson said he did not change the speed of the video and that claims he had altered it were a "brazen lie." Watson, who did not immediately respond to requests for comment, told BuzzFeed he created the video by downloading an animated image from conservative news site Daily Wire, zooming in and saving it as a video a conversion he says could have made it "look a tiny bit different."

Side-by-side comparisons support claims from fact-checkers and experts such as Jonathan Albright, research director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, who argued that crucial parts of the video appear to have been altered so as to distort the action.

The video has quickly become a flashpoint in the battle over viral misinformation, turning a live interaction watched by thousands in real time into just another ideological tug-of-war. But it has also highlighted how video content long seen as an unassailable verification tool for truth and confirmation has become as vulnerable to political distortion as anything else.

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LOL

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riflebear said:

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Jinx 2 said:

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The White House doctored the video. That's pretty damning. And the doctors video was first shared by an Infowars nut.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/11/08/white-house-shares-doctored-video-support-punishment-journalist-jim-acosta/?utm_term=.3abec50686ec

The edited video looks authentic: Acosta appeared to swiftly chop down on the arm of an aide as he held onto a microphone while questioning President Trump. But in the original video, Acosta's arm appears to move only as a response to a tussle for the microphone. His statement, "Pardon me, ma'am," is not included in the video Sanders shared.

Critics said that video which sped up the movement of Acosta's arms in a way that dramatically changed the journalist's response was deceptively edited to score political points. That edited video was first shared by Paul Joseph Watson, known for his conspiracy-theory videos on the far-right website Infowars.

Watson said he did not change the speed of the video and that claims he had altered it were a "brazen lie." Watson, who did not immediately respond to requests for comment, told BuzzFeed he created the video by downloading an animated image from conservative news site Daily Wire, zooming in and saving it as a video a conversion he says could have made it "look a tiny bit different."

Side-by-side comparisons support claims from fact-checkers and experts such as Jonathan Albright, research director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, who argued that crucial parts of the video appear to have been altered so as to distort the action.

The video has quickly become a flashpoint in the battle over viral misinformation, turning a live interaction watched by thousands in real time into just another ideological tug-of-war. But it has also highlighted how video content long seen as an unassailable verification tool for truth and confirmation has become as vulnerable to political distortion as anything else.

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Did you not see his post a few above yours? He literally zoomed in, exactly how is that 'doctored'?

Amazing what you believe and are brainwashed from MSNBC & CNN.

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Watch the news cycle the next couple of days. Sanders is going to be embarrassed.

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https://newrepublic.com/minutes/152131/smear-cnns-jim-acosta-white-house-seems-borrowed-sped-up-infowars-video - both videos are here.

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riflebear said:

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Jinx 2 said:

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The White House doctored the video. That's pretty damning. And the doctors video was first shared by an Infowars nut.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/11/08/white-house-shares-doctored-video-support-punishment-journalist-jim-acosta/?utm_term=.3abec50686ec

The edited video looks authentic: Acosta appeared to swiftly chop down on the arm of an aide as he held onto a microphone while questioning President Trump. But in the original video, Acosta's arm appears to move only as a response to a tussle for the microphone. His statement, "Pardon me, ma'am," is not included in the video Sanders shared.

Critics said that video which sped up the movement of Acosta's arms in a way that dramatically changed the journalist's response was deceptively edited to score political points. That edited video was first shared by Paul Joseph Watson, known for his conspiracy-theory videos on the far-right website Infowars.

Watson said he did not change the speed of the video and that claims he had altered it were a "brazen lie." Watson, who did not immediately respond to requests for comment, told BuzzFeed he created the video by downloading an animated image from conservative news site Daily Wire, zooming in and saving it as a video a conversion he says could have made it "look a tiny bit different."

Side-by-side comparisons support claims from fact-checkers and experts such as Jonathan Albright, research director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, who argued that crucial parts of the video appear to have been altered so as to distort the action.

The video has quickly become a flashpoint in the battle over viral misinformation, turning a live interaction watched by thousands in real time into just another ideological tug-of-war. But it has also highlighted how video content long seen as an unassailable verification tool for truth and confirmation has become as vulnerable to political distortion as anything else.

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Did you not see his post a few above yours? He literally zoomed in, exactly how is that 'doctored'?

Amazing what you believe and are brainwashed from MSNBC & CNN.

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Watch the news cycle the next couple of days. Sanders is going to be embarrassed.

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https://newrepublic.com/minutes/152131/smear-cnns-jim-acosta-white-house-seems-borrowed-sped-up-infowars-video - both videos are here.

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Not sped up as far as I can tell. Either way, Acosta is in the wrong and did not need to wrestle with the young lady over the mic.

This is disgusting from that reporter. he should be fired and never work in journalism again. And of course the sick freaks on this board come in and defend him.