Faked Pelosi videos, slowed to make her appear drunk, spread across social media
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Faked Pelosi videos, slowed to make her appear drunk, spread across social media
Altered videos of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), slowed down to make her sound sluggish and slurred, are spreading across social media. (Blair Guild, Elyse Samuels/The Washington Post)
Distorted videos of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), altered to make her sound as if she’s drunkenly slurring her words, are spreading rapidly across social media, highlighting how political disinformation that clouds public understanding can now spread at the speed of the Web.
The video of Pelosi’s onstage speech Wednesday at a Center for American Progress event, in which she said President Trump’s refusal to cooperate with congressional investigations was tantamount to a “coverup," was subtly edited to make her voice sound garbled and warped. It was then circulated widely across Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.
One version , posted by the conservative Facebook page Politics WatchDog, has been viewed more than 1.4 million times, been shared more than 32,000 times, and garnered 16,000 comments with users calling her “drunk” and “a babbling mess.”
The origin of the altered video remains unclear but its spread across social media comes amid a growing feud between congressional Democrats and Trump. In addition to links from multiple YouTube and Twitter accounts , the video has appeared in the comments sections of message boards and regional news outlets.
Analyses of the video by Washington Post journalists and outside researchers indicate that the video has been slowed to about 75 percent of its original speed. To possibly correct for how that speed change would deepen her tone, the video also appears to have been altered to modify her pitch, to more closely resemble the sound of her natural speech.
The altered video’s spread highlights the subtle way that viral misinformation could shape public understanding in the run-up to the 2020 election. Spreaders of misinformation don’t need sophisticated technology to go viral: Even simple, crude manipulations can be used to undermine an opponent or score political points.
Clipping politicians’ speech into videos designed to undermine or embarrass them is nothing new. But the outright altering of sound and visuals signals a concerning new step for falsified news, as presidential campaigns and their supporters battle to boost political messages and influence people online.
“There is no question that the video has been slowed to alter Pelosi’s voice,” said Hany Farid, a computer-science professor and digital-forensics expert at University of California, Berkeley.
“It is striking that such a simple manipulation can be so effective and believable to some,” he added. “While I think that deepfake technology poses a real threat," he said, in reference to more sophisticated computer-altered videos, "this type of low-tech fake shows that there is a larger threat of misinformation campaigns — too many of us are willing to believe the worst in people that we disagree with.”
Owners of the Politics WatchDog page and representatives from Facebook did not respond to requests for comment. Pelosi’s office and Twitter declined to comment.
YouTube spokesman Farshad Shadloo said the Pelosi videos violated company policies and have been removed. They did not appear prominently on the site, he added, and searches for Pelosi-related videos surface content from more authoritative sources.
Pelosi’s voice was distorted in a separate YouTube video , posted earlier this month by a conservative channel with more than 28 million total views. That video slowed a speech Pelosi had given to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association to make her words sound notably slurred. That video appeared to be a version of another video with roughly 200,000 views, in which a man laughed over of a spliced montage of her speech. The original audio shows no such distortion.
Such minor manipulations have become a growing obstacle for covering and understanding Washington. In November, a video of CNN reporter Jim Acosta holding onto a microphone while a White House intern attempted to retrieve it was subtly altered to make the altercation look more dramatic. The edited clip, originally shared by a creator of conspiracy-theory videos, was then shared widely across social media, including by White House press secretary Sarah Sanders.
Pelosi has been the target of similar efforts before. A video last year from The Next News Network, a conservative YouTube channel with more than 1 million subscribers, said Pelosi was “fumbling” her speech because she was drunk or “pretty sick." The channel’s owner did not respond to requests for comment.
A YouTube channel called The American Mirror posted a video saying Pelosi garbled her words and suffered an “awkward 5-second brain freeze” at a speech earlier this month. That channel , which is almost entirely dedicated to videos crafted to criticize or embarrass female Democratic leaders such as Pelosi and Hillary Clinton, has more than 30 million total views.
Kyle Olson, who runs the channel, said he found it "interesting" that "not a single reporter asks any questions when she suffers brain freezes." The videos, he added, "get hundreds of thousands of views because they speak for themselves: there is something not right with her."
Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff Drew Hammill said, “We’re not going to comment on this sexist trash.”
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This person has a whopping 66 followers. Probably not even a female. Most likely a Russian troll.
Despite the fake video, she has been showing signs of age when she speaks, at times slurring her words and making mistakes. The same can be said of Biden.
Can you back this assertion up?
'Can you back this assertion up?'
Of course not!
Ms. Pelosi and Mr. Biden can run rings around the turd of a 'president' verbally and intellectually.
What's the 'president's' excuse when he slurs his words and makes many, many, many, many, many mistakes on a daily basis?
No need to back it up.
It's so obvious when you watch her stumble and mumble her words any time she speaks.
Very obvious signs of deteriorating mental function and approaching senility.
Can you give us some examples?
He speaks clearly and to the point.
So it's just your opinion, without grounds. Whatever that may be worth...
Lol, Vic. There is no way in hell the gop spins this while they've got Trump at the helm. Good grief, did you watch him yesterday? Holy shit.
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So you can't back it up then.
Yes they have, and Laura Ingraham succinctly lays it out for all to see. (Notice Nancy Pelosi holds up 2 fingers as she says "3 things".)
So that nasty bitch Ingraham has one instance of Ms. Pelosi making one mistake?
Hilarious!
What about the 2 tracks that Rump was talking about?
He stated 3 tracks. . .
Like Stephen Colbert said, and he still went off the rails.
So again, you can't back it up.
I provided one recent example. If you want to see more, they're readily available on the Internet.
I don't rely on comedians for the news.
'I don't rely on comedians for the news.'
I rely on them for their satire, not the news.
Sure he does, here he is speaking clearly and, to the point.
making mistakes
Add Trump to your list.
That was no mistake. He's gonna be around for a long time
He just keeps repeating the same shit over and over again. This investigation isn't bad for our country, it's bad for Rump and everyone in his corrupt cabinet
When politicians support things like the "green new deal" and felons voting, it can be argued that they don't have any intelligence at all
I saw it. I think Laura has really done a number on them. Can't wait for the DNC debates.
Nasty bitch hasn't 'done a number' on anyone
Nice try. Your first video clip is from a Sept.6, 2018 rally in Billings, MT and is doctored. Here's the unedited/undoctored video of that rally:
Re: 2nd video - Trump clearly says origins.
Come on, Galen ... you're better than this!
He said origins kind of clearly maybe once
What about the school boy who was going to force her sponsors to drop her?
Where is he these days?
What the fuck are you talking about?
I saw it live. He said "oranges" several times. One time he did say "origins".
What do you think are the 'oranges' of the problem?
Just watch one of Nancy Pelosi's press conferences from just this past week! She constantly stumbles over the simplest words, slurs her speech, and sways like she is drunk without any editing whatsoever! An exaggeration of a behavior is not misleading, it HIGHLIGHTS it. Everyone is condemning Trump for releasing an edited video that highlights what you will see on an EVERY DAY BASIS regarding Nancy Pelosi. The people up in arms about it are the partisan hacks whom cannot stand back and take an honest look at how Pelosi acts on a daily basis.
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Why should I be? I stated fact about Pelosi and those reacting negatively to the exaggeration of her behavior.
So now 'exaggerations' are facts. Wow...somebody needs a fucking dictionary.
There's no question about it. She's not exactly Phyllis McGuire. She's old and dare we say "feeble". It is her last term.
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Your comments are nothing but lies make to elicit a fight
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Thanks for your uninformed proclamation.
What has Phyllis McGuire done to serve this country?
Yet she's still cleaning Trump's clock.
Hilarious.
Pelosi was elected with 86.8 % of the vote. No one touched her in the primary. She'll be the Congresswoman from the 12th District of California as long as she wants to be.
But but but.........he has the best words!!!!!! (Many of which other humans have never even heard).
No, I said that her actual press conferences are similar to the exaggeration in the video. The fact is that her behavior mimics what was in the video and that behavior occurred just this week.
The exaggeration in the video was subtle and that was intentional. Hence your innacurate observation.
My so-called inaccurate observation is actually based on MULTIPLE UNEDITED news conferences by Pelosi this PAST WEEK! I saw a clip of the edited video and immediately remarked on how it wasn't inaccurate if you actually took the time to WATCH and LISTEN to ANY of her news conferences. She is constantly stumbling over the simplest words and sounds, sways like she is drunk, and slurs most of what she says to the point it is almost pointless for her to speak because she almost cannot make a coherent sound.
You're spending an inordinate amount of time studying Nancy, kinda odd.
Would you like a covfefe with your hamberder ?
Since they're the same video they'd have to be similar.
You're seeing what you want to see.
Carry on.
The videos I have seen are not the same video, since they were of MULTIPLE Press Conferences held by her not the one that was edited. Pay attention.
How is that kinda odd, since she is the Speaker of the House of Representatives and in line to be President after Pence should something happen to Trump? Shouldn't we be observing her to see if she is fit to hold the office?
But completely ignore our responsibility to do the the same with the current occupant?
"She is constantly stumbling over the simplest words and sounds, sways like she is drunk, and slurs most of what she says to the point it is almost pointless for her to speak because she almost cannot make a coherent sound."
I have never heard her sounding or looking drunk. She sounds a lot like most of the 79 year old grandmothers I insure. Does she stutter occasionally when trying to find the right words to express her frustration with a man baby President? Yes, it's happened. But what you refer to as "exaggeration" was just some bold faced lying bullshit and you know it.
The video manipulation was as much exaggeration as me slowing down a picture of you blinking and stopping it half way and saying "Look! He's a stoner!" and then trying to defend it by saying "So what if I 'exaggerated' the video, your eyes look half closed all the time, for a half a second, every time you blink, so you know, I'm not wrong, must be a stoner...".
"I don't rely on comedians for the news."
Sure you do, except they pretend to be newscasters and pundits.
And the very next time he tried to say it "oranges" came out again. You could see the panic in his eyes realizing the wrong word kept coming out of his shithole of a mouth. It was the realization that he had dementia.
Be more articulate.
In my opinion those who adhere to conspiracy theories and praise Trump for "exaggerating" alleged traits of his political opponents should be ashamed. On Newstalkers we are not allowed to say such things.
I think this forum is at a low point.
It is impossible to separate the malfunctions lies and ignorance of the Trump presidency without referring to his most devoted supporters. His supporters are the ones who supply his bizarre ramblings with whatever small amount of credulity they achieve. Without his devoted supporters Trump would have no choice but to stop.
We have here the president of the United States actively and enthusiastically spreading fake news. Any video of Pelosi that edits her statements to make them seem more stumbling or halting , or slow, than they really were is fake news. So we have a president spreading what is KNOWN to be fake news.
This is not defensible. The fact that Trump supporters try and defend it is only one more reason to despise them.
And yet, your own words contradict you.
You never know when your comments are going to be deleted here.
All the fake news the turd 'president' rants on about is coming from him and his supporters.
Jasper, I don't know what you're smoking but, I hope one day you share it, Trump slurred his speech in both video's and, they were not doctored.
Maybe this?
This is the political right's way to try and win. It reminds of the smear campaign about Hillary's health that used doctored videos and other fake documents during the 2016 campaign. Sadly we even saw these fake news hoaxes posted here on Newstalkers.
Hillary really was in very bad health, in addition to being an alcoholic.
Most likely she drugs too. Certainly not fit to be president.
Prove.....ANY of that BS?
Not very shocking actually, considering they faked the PP videos as well, (which resulted in a mass shooting, killing three).
(Sorry for straying a tad from the topic John).
It's all in good fun, wouldn't be surprised if it was AOC posting the video.
Nope....the PP videos were not faked.
Some on the right have a long history of actions that I believe they defend and justify by believing the "ends justify the means". They fake videos, lie, cheat, break campaign finance laws, whatever it takes to get their chosen ideologue in a position of power. It's frankly disgusting, but there it is, the supposed alt-righteous crawling on their yellow bellies, mouths full of lies and deceit.
" The videos showed how abortion providers made fetal tissue available to researchers, although no problems were found with the legality of the process. All of the videos were found to be altered "
" CMP disputed this finding, attributing the alterations to the editing out of "bathroom breaks and waiting periods."
" The analysis' 'concluded that the longer version was also edited , with skips and missing footage"
" workers at offices of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), a non-profit organization that had been involved for nearly 40 years in voter registration, community organizing and advocacy for low- and moderate-income people, were secretly recorded by conservative activists Hannah Giles and James O'Keefe – and the videos "heavily edited" to create a misleading impression of their activities"
" A photo of a woman protesting Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court has been manipulated to make it look like former Vice President Joe Biden was there and kissed her ."
" A viral meme attempts to undercut the evidence of climate change by using an edited cover of Time magazine — and regurgitating a misleading claim about “global cooling.”
Right wing websites falsely attribute quote to AOC “Owning guns is not a right, if it were a right it would be in the constitution,”
There is no evidence that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said “owning guns is not a right,” contrary to what a viral meme claims.
They truly know no shame.
Actually they were. They were heavily edited to distort what was actually said. Example? In the original video, the PP workers stated over 40 times that an aborted fetus is not sold for cash, in the edited video? It's not said once. FAKE videos by project veritas. Nothing but a bunch of liars.
y edited to distort what was actually said. Example? In the original video, the PP workers stated over 40 times that an aborted fetus is not sold for cash, in the edited video
Nope.
FAKE videos by project veritas. Nothing but a bunch of liars. \
Project veritas didn't take the videos.
othing but a bunch of liars.
Projecting?
Speaking of people who know no shame, let's discuss people on the left who continue to claim that the PP videos were deceptively edited:
Says the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals:
The record reflects that OIG had submitted a report from a forensic firm concluding that the video was authentic and not deceptively edited. And the plaintiffs [Planned Parenthood] did not identify any particular omission or addition in the video footage.
They revel in gaslighting.
"Judge Edith H. Jones of the 5th Circuit criticized Sparks for being too “dismissive” of a report by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission’s Office of Inspector General that served as the basis for booting the organization from Medicaid and revoking $3.4 million in funding."
"Sparks had all but crumpled up that report and thrown it in the trash. He noted that the people who led the report — a lawyer and orthopedic sports-medicine surgeon — had no background in reproductive health care "
" Jones , an appointee of President Ronald Reagan, said Sparks was wrong to make these judgments. She said Texas’s report should have been given "deference” over the outside testimony from Planned Parenthood’s experts — r egardless of Sparks’s opinions of the authors' qualifications ."
" Jones , in particular, has openly criticized the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade . In this ruling, she included a graphic photo of bloody fetal tissue that came from the video footage , apparently for dramatic effect , Chandler said."
"The report concluded Planned Parenthood had diverged from “standards of medical ethics" based on the video footage, which was produced by the Center for Medical Progress, an antiabortion group."
" the “smoking gun” of the original video occurs at the 12:24:00 mark when Nucatola states a price of “$30 to $100,” but it’s unclear exactly what she is talking about . In the unedited version, Nucatola adds a little clarification : “It has to do with space issues, are you sending someone there who is doing everything, or is their staff, what exactly are they going to do, is there shipping involved or are you coming to pick it up.”
So the long and short is, yes the videos were cut and edited, but the 5th court ruled they were not "deceptively edited" to change what was shown. And from what is shown, some religious conservative Judges who already disagree with Roe v Wade decided that the parts of the video showing bloody fetal tissue was enough to claim Planned Parenthood had diverged from “standards of medical ethics" based on the video footage which is what the appeal was all about, getting some foothold in an effort to refuse them the $3.4 million in Medicaid funding for cancer screenings, health check ups and contraceptives for low income families, men and women who rely on Planned Parenthood for their reproductive health needs.
Sad that some religious conservatives think they should have the right to force their religious views and conscience on everyone around them. They think themselves so superior that they have to make laws to keep anyone from offending their conscience because they just can't trust people to be able to make those personal decisions for themselves. "Drunkenness is a sin against God! So if there's a chance someone might get drunk, then we have to ban all alcohol!", that's what the old abolitionists used to claim. "Abortion is a sin against God! So if there's a chance someone might get an abortion we have to ban all abortions!". Just more tired same ol' same ol' haughty busybodies ramming their noses in everyone's else's business making sure no one is offending their imagined God.
Game, set, match..
In your mind only
The words the "doctor" used while she ate her salad and drank her wine were not faked or inserted.
The Dems started all this fakery, lying, and making stuff up, so now they are going to have to learn to live with it.
Common sense? Truth? Intelligence?
Yep, you bet.
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And the Dems started that crap exactly how and when? I thought it was a fux entertainment invention.
Share your research with us.
"research"
This has James O'Keefe written all over it. What a scumbag..
Did the pimp learn to fake videos from the gop or the gop take the wheel from the pimp? Inquiring minds want to know.
Either way, the answer is yes.
Make that "criminal scumbag".....
The right, nationally [ deleted, ] has nothing to say. No ideas. No suggestions.
Both nationally [ deleted ] the right has only attack - ATTACK - ATTACK .
Since there's not much on the left that is worthy of vitriolic vehemence, they "make stuff up". Their texts are nonsensical red meat, and they use the most un-complimentary photos they can find... and when that isn't ugly enough they alter those images.
So... creating fake videos is to be expected.
Honesty is not important for the right. The previous posts to this seed from our right-wing members are proof. The fake videos are not condemned - they are justified .
In a way, we're fortunate here [ deleted ] to have such a perfect microcosm of the far-right at a national level .
Now if only Fox will air the ACTUAL footage of Trump over the last 2 and a half years where he slurs his words at half of his "rallies" and makes public statements, if they would only air the number of outrageous tweets with poor grammar and his inability to even spell common words, if they would only air the number of times in public he cannot remember the names of people immediately around him or forgets their names like Tim "Apple", or if they would only air the many, many times he has been disoriented getting off the plane not seeing the car or security right in front of him, the times he wanders off, especially the times he has embarrassed our country wandering off the stage, missing cues, and other signs of dementia while representing his office overseas.
Talk about a mess, what a horrible, horrible family to allow their father to deteriorate before the eyes of the world and not once try to step in and get the man some seriously needed help.
He is suffering, he is suffering from the deterioration of language, he is suffering from early dementia paranoia, he is suffering from short term memory loss unable to remember names, sometimes even forgetting faces in the room.
He is unfit for office beyond the horrible policies that hurt Americans, the man is old and suffering, and I cannot even imagine how much his family must hate him to let this go on. They are afraid of being disinherited and care nothing for him at all.
And horror of horrors, he's going to be reelected.
Don't you wonder about a person who would knowingly post FAKE VIDEOS? Does it cause a tidge of reflection? If the moron at the top needs to rely on lies and fake videos (and not the first time), one might be wary of believing what he says. If one cared about the truth.
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Can't say that I do. But then again I have better things to do than troll the internet looking for something to be outraged by.
You think one has to troll the internet looking for lies? We are talking about the president of the country posting lies on a daily basis, makes me wonder why you don't care. Sad.
So basically you're freaking out over a sitting President who, pretty much, has done what every one of his predecessors and every other politician has done.
And it nice to know that my life intrigues you so much that you wonder what I'm thinking. You must lead a very boring life.
Some have been freaking out since November 2016.
That is a desperate failed attempt at normalizing Trump's behavior.
Trump's behavior in office is outlying and abhorrent. The examples of that are too prevalent to list and ongoing.
I can't count how many conservative members here have openly admitted that they do not respect Trump as a person and do not support his behavior, though despite that, they do support many of his policies. That position is at least defendable, attempts at normalization aren't.
My vote for best fake (from Trump) is the one he did of HRC being hit in the back with a golf ball. It was just another cheap shot from the Twitter In Chief who has the emotional maturity of a two year old.
That was a re-tweet of a gif that originated on The People's Cube , a political humor and satire site. Politicians typically have thick skin and can take it.
Politicians typically have thick skin
I guess Trump is no politician then.
if trumps behavior was normal he would not have gotten elected.
but his behavior is normal for him.
cheers
It might be "normal" for him, but not for a POTUS.
Perhaps it would behoove you to look up 'normalizing'.
Hence the concept of outlier.
Opa!.
no need. I know what the left means by the term normalizing.
and there still is no need to normalize what is normal for trump/
we elected him to be not normal, and as normal, he is doing the job.
if every president after him does the same thing? fine by me.
cheers
So what does the right mean by the term normalizing?
What is normal for Trump is not normal for the vast majority of civilized people.
You must be proud.
So Trump's standard is 'bullshit', do you want the next one to fling the 'F bomb'?
Trump isn't the one who's whining about the video.
I can not speak for the whole "right"
but I never use that word unless im being sarcastic, making fun of liberals and such. as far as I am concerned only batschit crazy leftsists us the term in earnest. but I also understand how the lexicon changes over time so would not be surprised to hear that term from the right... when I do I will ask them what they mean and get back to ya.
another way to spot a leftwingnut? "oligarchy" they freekin love that word also for some weird reason. maybe they think it makes them sound smart?
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Why not? You had no issue speaking for the left.
Well at least they're earnest...
So oligarchy is the lefts version of 'deep state'.
I do not speak "for the left...
hell, I do not even speak "with the left.
I only speak "at the left.
cheers
But you know what they mean by the term normalizing. Got ya.
I've noticed that.
No he's whining about Nancy being mean to him...
And all because they lost.
It is kind of funny how they blame all the pre-existing problems on the "New Guy". And when that "New Guy" does exactly like every other politician, it's suddenly wrong.
[deleted] because your side lost the election, if Trump acts the same way Pelosi , it's suddenly wrong? Kind of a double standard if you ask me. It's also a good thing he doesn't act like her.
Nor even for an adult.
It has NOTHING to do with my 'side' loosing. It has to do with Trump's behavior being an outlier of every other person who has held the office. I went through the shit with Nixon, Reagan and both Bushs and despite some of the horrible shit they did, Trump TRUMPS them, no contest. Trump is disgusting.
The double standard is coming from the 'Family values, rule of law' right.
You're right, Trump doesn't act anything like Pelosi. Pelosi is a focused, successful leader.
As far as it being good that Trump doesn't act like Pelosi, you're wrong.
that is the number 1 reason why he was elected.
if we wanted the same ol bs from the same ol politicians? hillary would have won.
Thereby setting such a low bar that even the most incompetent, corrupt and morally bankrupt are viewed as 'worthy'.
if the bar was that low hillary could have oozed right under it.
but it was not to be... she is only worthy to be put in jail.
The point of setting the bar HIGH is for the worthy to be able to get OVER it. This ain't limbo.
Good luck with that. WTF is taking Trump so long?
For what?
same thing that took mueller so long.
but with less leaks
Trump has been calling for Clinton to be locked up since 2015, almost double the time it took for Mueller to investigate. One would presume that he had the evidence required to do so back then. So why is he stalling?
And others have been doing so since November 2018.
I think you are mistaking Fox with CNN. Hysterics do that.
You just posted to me you don't care about doctored videos, why would anybody want to go with your sources?
Unlikely. But equally sad is that you'll believe trump when he says CNN is fake news, when trump has told in excess of 10,000 lies in just over two years. If it's fake news? It's coming from trump.
Notice that trump has stopped screaming that everything he doesn't like is "fake news"? Why? Because 99% of the time when he says something is fake news, it turns out to be true. Remember when Stormy Daniles was, "fake news"? Ooops.
What I posted it I have better things to do than be in constant freak out mode about a woman who has been part of the problem in the Federal Government since the 1980's.
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I may be incorrect, but I believe Ms. Pelosi does not really drink.
I do believe you are correct.
The 'president' doesn't either.
What's his excuse?
I think she would give Norm from Cheers a good run.
Based on what? Dirty trickster's janked-up fakeass tape? That is lame...
Any particular rational behind your statement, or just because?