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Re:Anatomy of a Killing by wish5031 on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @08:07PM (#18071597)
That seems like a plausible argument, but there’s a huge portion of the population that’ll willingly believe any realistic-looking video they see, regardless of the evidence. That could have fatal consequences, e.g. as happened with the Planned Parenthood video in 2015. [0]

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood_2015_unde...

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Re:Anatomy of a Killing by fossuser on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @08:12PM (#18071616)
It doesn't even have to be realistic, people will believe outrageous claims or lies that conflict current video evidence because it fits a narrative they want to be true.

It seems that trying to actually determine what's true as opposed to just attempting to frame issues in support of your team (or what you already currently believe to be true) is a relatively rare quality.

I guess the silver lining is that while high quality fake videos may make things worse, there's already a pretty deep divide between people who will try and figure out what's true and people who don't. Higher quality fakes may only grab a small percentage of additional people.

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Re:Anatomy of a Killing by Consultant32452 on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @09:11PM (#18071880)
I agree. People supported a war in Iraq based largely on cartoonish photoshops of mobile nuclear weapons labs in ice cream trucks.
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