Washington – An independent video producer tells The Associated Press a video tweeted by the White House on an interaction between CNN reporter Jim Acosta and a White House intern appears to have been manipulated to make the reporter’s actions look more aggressive.
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Abba Shapiro did a side-by-side and frame-by-frame analysis of AP’s video from President Donald Trump’s contentious news conference Wednesday and the version spread on Twitter by Trump press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Shapiro says that when Acosta’s hand touches the intern’s arm as she reaches for his microphone, the action speeds up in the apparently altered video to accentuate his movement. Earlier in the video, Shapiro notices three frames that were frozen to slow down the action. This, Shapiro says, enables the manipulated video to run the same length as the original.
Sanders has not confirmed the source of the video she tweeted.
Video released by WH below:
The original video:
So what!
Don the Con. What a lowlife.
Huckabee Sanders must resign. She lacks all credibility. She will say anything to please Don the Con.
Fake news ad white noise to distract. I saw the press conference live. No alterations. I was shocked. Is it assault to simply push someone’s hand away ? Who knows? But no one is arresting him for assault We all agree his behavior breached on assault and was unbefitting. The press pass is a privilege. This is the highest office. Even his belligerent tone against the president or Sanders is wrong. This was just overboard.
Glad the fake news always finds a nice spin to skirt the issue.
If you have no respect for the president, you do not belong in the white house. He may not have done anything illegal or enough to be arrested, but certainly enough to be thrown out. Obama threw out hecklers too.
I was shocked to see how rude someone could be in front of a president if this would happen in any other country he would be thrown out immediately then cnn makes trump look like the bad guy the media doesn’t have an ounce of respect !!!
Toxic Trumpf can dish it out, but he can’t take it. Look how he insulted losing Republikaaners, attacked the free press, refused to answer simple questions, or couldn’t, and claimed a ‘great victory for me’ all in the space of a 2 hour press conjob. Why do VIN alt-yidden knuckle-drag for him? Because he’s a racist low life! May the rasha have many more ‘victories’ like he had Tuesday. Whhat a shmendrick he is. FEH
Acosta to the accoster, keep your hands to yourself and off women.
Obviously many here have chosen to forget the horrendous treatment of Obama by the Fox network and by Trump himself.
What goes around comes around. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.