Doctored videos exacerbate Fetterman speech issues in viral social media posts

[demmiblue]

Numerous videos on TikTok and Twitter appeared to be edited to exacerbate the candidate's speech issues after his stroke. They’ve been viewed hundreds of thousands of times.

Deceptively edited videos that have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on Twitter and TikTok exaggerate the speech issues that have plagued John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat, after he had a stroke in May.

Despite policies on both platforms against political misinformation, the videos remained up for days and were shared by Fetterman’s critics.

The videos contain slight edits, such as cutting out the sound of the audience to make it appear as if he had abruptly stopped speaking (some of the stops occurred when he was pausing during moments of applause and crowd reaction, according to unedited videos seen by NBC News). Other edits cut Fetterman off mid-sentence, to create the perception that what he was saying was nonsensical.

Fetterman spokesperson Joe Calvello said in an email responding to the videos, “It is pretty sad and frankly desperate that Dr. Oz’s MAGA allies are deceptively editing videos of John speaking in order to mock him while he recovers from a stroke.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/john-fetterman-speech-stroke-health-dr-oz-pa-election-rcna47592

[honest.abe]

1. I hate these f'kers that do stuff like this.

This has to be stopped somehow.

[canuckledragger]

2. Sounds like the kind of thing...

Sounds like the kind of thing that that convicted fraudster James O'Keefe is known for.

Wouldn't be surprised if he or one of his goon squad is involved.

[2naSalit]

3. +1