What are ‘Cheapfake’ Videos?

粗糙欺骗视频是什么？

edit剪辑

campaign运动，活动
tear撕破；眼泪
selective选择性的
mislead误导


An edited video of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has raised questions about social media and political campaigns in the United States.


The video was produced last week after President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech. The video shows Pelosi repeatedly tearing up a printed copy of the speech while the president spoke.


Trump posted the edited video on Twitter.


Pelosi did tear the pages of her copy of the speech. But she did so only after Trump finished speaking – not during the address as the video shows.


Pelosi's office asked Twitter and Facebook to take down the video. Both companies refused to do so.


Researchers worry the video's "selective editing" could mislead people.


"Selective editing" is a term for editing or changing videos in a way that does not show what really happened. Such recordings are sometimes called "cheapfake" videos.


新闻来源：VOA