On Friday, watching the doctored video of Nancy Pelosi was disturbing. What made it more disturbing was I found it on Donald Trump's Twitter feed. I watched the original untampered video and then the doctored one on the news Friday evening. It was easy to see what they'd done to make her look hideous, but the fact the President of the United States posted it, knowingly, was beyond belief and a new low for him. The fact Facebook and Twitter didn't remove it, makes one want to stop using Facebook and Twitter altogether. I've stopped following Donald Trump but 60 million people still follow him.
Anyone can post anything on Twitter and unless you put profanity in the message, it publishes. There is so much misinformation, I read it with a grain of salt. Facebook isn't much better. Social media is poising the public. I remember when The National Enquirer would publish rubbish stories and put them at the check out counter of the supermarkets. Many people believed those stories.
On Saturday, on CBC replayed The Fifth Estate, Series 44 Episode 6, where they showed the technology of how you can make any person say whatever you want. This brings Fake News to a new level.
After I watched this show I thought no one will be able to tell what politicians and entertainers are saying on line is true. If you have 22 minutes, watch this video, originally aired on CBC November 2018.
The Fifth Estate
