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[Video] Footage of journalists at the Trump shooting getting ushered in by security to take a picture (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 4 days ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago

This is a bigger deal than most people realize. Bringing academia to heel was a major component in the Nazi takeover of Germany, and it's nice to see that at least one institution here in the US isn't willing to roll over. (Granted, probably has more to do with their billion-dollar endowment than actual principle, but I'll take it.)

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

When the ear diaper disappears after a week, with no visible scar, it seems fake. The entire thing. From allowing a kid to fire off a shot to the photo op that advertised a moment.

[–] razzazzika@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 days ago

Trump rails on everyone he thinks did the slightest wrong to him but hasn't said a WORD about the Butler shooter.

I thought aleverything was fishy as fuck with thr shooting, down to the timing of it when he was really falling behind in polls, to thr secret service keeping him on stage instead of IMMEDIATELY ushering him off stage, to the absolutely perfect propaganda shot. Now seeing it from this angle its just... wow. But why did it take so long for this video to come out?

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca -5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Your evidence ("I can't even see a scar!") does not match the magnitude of the claim ("Trump faked an assassination attempt for apparently no real reason").

[–] S0me0neNew@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I could think of a reason or two...

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Please don't hurt your back moving those goal posts!

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 9 points 4 days ago

Very interested

[–] nailingjello@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Is there any evidence to support this video? In a time of deep fakes and AI generated stuff, I can't trust much. Did a quick search and couldn't find any news sites discussing this.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Not sure what the original is. This substack has a large share count on it.

The actions of the guards on stage, especially pushing over the Trump mic stand seem to match the other footage.

The physics of the woman pulling the photographers at the end matches too. The only thing that looks off is the security guard at 0:10 doing a weird hop

This older video from opposite angle also has the photographers coming in around 0:20 https://files.catbox.moe/1mlyvx.mp4

[–] razzazzika@lemmy.zip -2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

So far as I know, AI can only make like 10-second videos. This is much longer a continuous shot. Plus if you just look at the way the wind is blowing the cloth behind the barrier, the shadows are all correct as it bangs against it. I'm no forensics person but that seems pretty realistic to me.

[–] AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

AI can only make like 10 second videos

Well that's obviously not true lol

[–] JoeyJoeJoeJr@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Short clips is a common technique for spotting AI generated videos. It's computationally expensive to do more than that. Not impossible, but uncommon.

https://youtu.be/M4TXO4kQwSQ?t=2m17s

[–] AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

I accept it might be expensive, but in this context where other states have an incentive to fuel conspiracy theories about an attempted assassination of the president of the most powerful country in the world...probably not a reason to discount the possibility that it's an AI generated video. I think it's safe to assume they have the budget.

(I'm not saying it is AI generated by the way, but the original comment was a bad argument for it bring genuine)

[–] razzazzika@lemmy.zip -1 points 3 days ago

Unless it has been able to do longer and Im not up on my AI news.. I'm talking continuous shot.