Following a series of recent incidents in which President Joe Biden froze up on camera, wandered off, and needed to be guided by other political figures, the White House and mainstream media outlets united to outright deny the veracity of video evidence and claim that the videos are actually doctored “deepfakes.”
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“Instead of talking about the president’s performance in office, and what I mean by that is his legislative wins, what he’s been able to do for the American people across the country, we’re seeing these deepfakes, these manipulated videos, and it is, again, done in bad faith,” said White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
Deepfakes are altered videos, often made using AI, which can show someone saying or doing something that they never said or did.
The White House has presented no evidence whatsoever that the videos have been altered by AI or any other person to substantially change the audio or video, and the news outlets which reported on the incidents, including Fox News and the New York Post, have denied allegations that the videos were doctored.
Although Jean-Pierre called the videos deepfakes, White House officials also referred to them as “cheap fakes,” implying that, rather than being altered by AI, they were simply cut at times and using angles that made the president appear worse.
Following the White House’s claims, mainstream media outlets were quick to post “fact-check” articles, allegedly proving Jean-Pierre correct.
While President Biden was attending the international G7 summit in Italy, a video surfaced in which he appears to wander off, away from the other world leaders who are watching a parachuting demonstration, before being led back by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
After Jean-Pierre’s comments, the Washington Post published an article “debunking” some of the viral Biden clips.
The Washington Post reposted the widely circulated video of Biden wandering off, alongside the same video from an alternate angle.
In the widely circulated video, Biden wanders off in apparent confusion as the other world leaders watch the parachutist who had just landed, and gives two thumbs up in the direction of a soldier packing a different parachute in the background.
In that video, Prime Minister Meloni sees Biden wander in the other direction, and stop facing the demonstration, before grabbing his arm and visibly directing his attention back to the correct direction.
The alternate video provided by the Washington Post, which shows the same event from a different camera angle, depicts the exact same things happening, except that Biden can be seen facing and giving a thumbs up in the direction of two other parachutes in addition to the man packing the chute in the widely circulated video.
It is unclear why the addition of two other people in the video invalidates claims that he wandered away from the rest of the world leaders before being returned by Meloni.
As part of the same article, the Washington Post also attempted to debunk a video of Biden freezing up and staring blankly during a White House Juneteenth celebration.
In that viral video, Biden stands in the front row at a musical performance, along with a man wearing a sequined dress, and appears to become completely motionless, staring blankly forward as the majority of the crowd dances and claps.
The Washington Post addressed the video by acknowledging that other people in the crowd could be seen standing still.
On Saturday, Biden had another similar incident in which he appeared to freeze onstage during a Los Angeles fundraising event before being led away by former President Barack Obama.
In the video, Biden can be seen waving to the audience before standing completely still as Obama continues to wave.
Obama then grabs Biden’s arm and leads him offstage.
This time, it was the Associated Press who put out an article defending the president.
The AP claims that “Biden paused amid cheers and applause as he exited the stage with his predecessor following an interview moderated by late-night host Kimmel.”
The liberal news outlet used “alternate” footage of the event to back up its claims.
The “alternate” footage is, in reality, a shorter clip of the same event that begins a few seconds earlier.
The AP footage shows a few more seconds of Biden greeting the crowd, something that is briefly visible in the viral video, before he freezes and is led away by Obama.
Interestingly, the AP clip has been shortened so that it does not include footage of Biden being led, with Obama’s hand on his back the entire time, all the way off the stage.
Nothing about the “alternate” video debunks Biden’s freezing incident, nor does it provide any context that could not be gleaned from the original footage.
American conservatives on X are not the only people to notice Biden’s decline.
Foreign officials at the recent G7 summit reportedly made comments, under the condition of anonymity, claiming that Biden is “losing focus” and that the president was “the worst he has ever been” while attending the meeting.
1984 is here
Just post the entire video. Is that too much to ask?
Considering that the MSM occupy the same pocket as Biden, if they now claim that these videos (viewed live while the events were happening) have been altered using AI – why would the MSM, issuing the videos, alter the videos to show Biden in a poor light and then waste time, energy and what little credibility they still have by claiming falsification? Who tampered with the videos that the MSM issued themselves? To say nothing of the fact that it’s impossible to alter a video while it is being recorded. They really do think we are complete imbeciles.
Hi Joe Biden Democrat,
I am Joylen I am 12years old a few days ago I was alive , now I am Dead KILLED by two illegal boarder crossers, one 20 and the other 26.Your open boarder polices led to my killing in Texas by two illegals but your boarder polices would not be if the did not have the SUPPORT of other LEADERS of the DEMOCRATIC PARTY in Maine such as THE Governor , Leader ‘what is her name”, Congress woman Pingree, Congress Man Jaeaid ?and Senator A. KING who all have said nothing about my DEATH by illegals let in to the country by the DEMOCRATIC party. These killers were let out of jail, just as Trump said,
and came here and killed me. Thank all you supporters of PRESIDENT Joe, thank you all.
PS I am not the same 12 year old who was repped two days in a NYC park
and not my story was not carried in the PPH or BDN .
Lickspittle Karine isn’t even a good liar. Makes a ridiculous claim but where’s the proof? Typical dem bs. The bigger the lie the bolder they are about telling it without any moral reservation.
Biden readying to drop a deuce, classic.