Buzzfeed Fact Checks CNN’s Claim That Acosta Video Was “Doctored”
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November 8, 2018
Jim Acosta Accuses The White House Of Lying, Tells A WHOPPER Of His Own
November 8, 2018As we told you about earlier, Sarah Sanders posted a video of Jim Acosta grabbing the mic away from a WH intern. In the video, he clearly uses his other hand stop her arm:
We stand by our decision to revoke this individual’s hard pass. We will not tolerate the inappropriate behavior clearly documented in this video. pic.twitter.com/T8X1Ng912y
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) November 8, 2018
The liberal media IMMEDIATELY shrieked that the VIDEO was FAAAKE.
Question for @PressSec: Where'd you obtain the distorted @Acosta video you posted? InfoWars personality @PrisonPlanet posted the same video two hours before you did. Surely you don't trust InfoWars…?
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 8, 2018
Sarah Sanders stands by it, and you can catch up with ALL the drama (as well as watch the video for yourself) here.
Basically, it appears that the video was slightly sped up. Or slowed down. I dunno. The speed is off. But here’s the thing… things that didn’t HAPPEN don’t just happen at different video speeds. They either happened, or they didn’t.
If you slow down or speed up video of a bullet flying, it doesn't mean it wasn't flying. The video wasn't doctored unless that wasn't really Jim's arm.
— Justin Ryland 🇺🇸 (@justin_ryland) November 8, 2018
BINGO.
What IS misleading? CNN played a video that left THE ENTIRE EXCHANGE OUT.
CNN's Jim Acosta told CNN's Anderson Cooper that he *never* touched the female White House aide that tried to take the mic away from him.
CNN showed the clip but edited out the part where he clearly touched her.
Cooper offered no pushback on Acosta's blatant lie. pic.twitter.com/65rP9xWWyI
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) November 8, 2018
Now THAT is purposely misleading.
Anyway… in a surprising move, Buzzfeed is FACT CHECKING CNN’s claims that the video is somehow “fake”…
The dystopia is here: No one can agree if this Trump press conference video is doctored https://t.co/rKKdfvAzeO
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) November 8, 2018
A viral clip tweeted by an editor of a conspiracy theory website purports to show that CNN reporter Jim Acosta touched an aide's hand as she tried to take a microphone away from him.
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) November 8, 2018
(They’re talking about Paul Joseph Watson.)
The clip was picked up by press secretary Sarah Sanders as proof that Acosta "put his hands on a young woman just trying to do her job." But observers online said the clip was allegedly doctored and that Watson might have sped up Acosta's arm to "amp up the conflict."
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) November 8, 2018
Again… different things don’t happen at different speeds.
There's no evidence that the video was deliberately sped up — but the change in format, from a high quality video to a low quality gif, turns the question of whether it was "doctored" into a semantic debate.
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) November 8, 2018
This video analysis by BuzzFeed News demonstrates what the gif conversion process does to video. While it's not technically "sped up" by intent, it effectively is in practice. pic.twitter.com/XcDXD8FBCb
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) November 8, 2018
WHOA. Buzzfeed is actually doing a great job with this…
Video-to-gif conversion cuts frame rates by removing frames. A gif-making tool might reduce a source video to 10 frames per second from a raw, televised rate of 29.97 fps. When frames drop out, the video appears jumpier. Acosta's arm seems to move faster. Everything accelerates.
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) November 8, 2018
SO IT’S NOT DOCTORED – IT WAS JUST CONVERTED.
It’s NOT purposefully misleding… unlike CNN just NOT SHOWING THAT PART OF THE CLIP.
GOOD FOR YOU, BUZZFEED.
Buzzfeed
Thank you for actually fact checking this.
Its fair to say the gif isn't accurate but it is also important to note that there was no intent to deceive https://t.co/4pcwVymXjZ
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) November 8, 2018
BuzzFeed you've gained a follow. I've distanced myself from most big news platforms, but you're at least making an effort to be honest.
— [Redacted] 🙈🙉🙊 (@bam_boo_88) November 8, 2018
So it wasn’t doctored it was just turned into a gif. Really glad the left flipped its shit over a gif. https://t.co/PJhLpFiMJa
— Some chick named Heather (@hboulware) November 8, 2018
Pretty typical.
You KNOW CNN has hit a new low when even Buzzfeed calls out their crap.
