Forget deepfakes. All we can afford in this economy? Freeware video apps and enterprise edition windows vista. Welcome to the era of cheapfakes. Parker Molloy, editor at large for Media Matters joins us to discuss a recent Buttigieg campaign video, a manipulated sample of a Biden rant, and the primaries in the context of conspiracy theorizing.

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Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/feb/07/psychiatrist-struck-off-for-posting-bizarre-qanon-conspiracy-theories

https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/1879340/dod-announces-250m-to-ukraine/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-02-14-mn-420-story.html

https://datasociety.net/output/deepfakes-and-cheap-fakes/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/05/23/faked-pelosi-videos-slowed-make-her-appear-drunk-spread-across-social-media/

https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/new-approach-to-synthetic-and-manipulated-media.html

https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/viral-and-misleading-biden-clip-shows-dangers-democratizing-disinformation