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Twitter flags Republican leader’s video as ‘manipulated’ for altering disabled activist’s words

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Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), the House Minority Whip, was caught sharing a doctored video of a disabled man with Lou Gehrig’s disease (or ALS) in an attempt to attack Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Rebecca Cokley from the Campaign for American Progress (CAP) was the first person to discover the “deep fake” in which Scalise …

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Yahoo News

GOP Rep. Steve Scalise slammed for manipulating Ady Barkan interview with Joe Biden

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) faced biting criticism Sunday over a video he posted that rearranged an interview between health care activist Ady Barkan and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden to make it sound like Biden had agreed to "defund" the police. Barkan, who has

4 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Guardian

Activist Ady Barkan tells top Republican to apologise over doctored video

Steve Scalise owes ‘disability community an apology’ after edited Biden interview put words in Barkan’s mouth

4 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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CNN

Twitter labels Scalise tweet of Biden interview about police funding 'manipulated media' before he took it down

Twitter labeled a video promoted by House Minority Whip Steve Scalise of a progressive activist interviewing Joe Biden about police funding "manipulated content," and Scalise later deleted the tweet Sunday night.

4 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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The Washington Post

Twitter flags GOP video after activist's computerized voice was manipulated

Twitter flagged a video shared by the second-ranking House Republican on Saturday as "manipulated," as it spliced quotes together from an activist who speaks through computer voice assistance, making it sound as though he'd convinced Joe Biden to defund police departments. "I have lost my ability to speak, but not my agency or my thoughts," Ady Barkan wrote to Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., the House minority whip, in a Sunday tweet. "You and your …

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CBS News

Twitter flags video shared by top House Republican that manipulates the words of a disabled activist

"You owe the entire disability community an apology," activist Ady Barkan told Rep. Steve Scalise.

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The Hill

Pelosi, Biden slam Scalise for doctored video that altered activist's words

Top Democrats sharply criticized a senior House Republican on Sunday after he shared a video that included a clip apparently doctored to insert words into an activist's question to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden that were never actually

4 years ago·Washington, United States

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