Have others been tricked by these Youtube "Fictions" regarding today's events

[Maraya1969]

?

I am so furious now. There was a fictional Youtube video with Jamie Raskin and Kash Patel and it wasn't until I looked up the name of the channel - "The Patel Protocol" did I completely realize that they were bullshitting me. It is like the Borowitz report, which I hate also but the "facts" seem a little more reality like.

Then when I went over to the channel, I found out that to join you have to pay a few bucks a month.

What a despicable way to make a buck. This is the video.

[Tetrachloride]

1. I am seeing a ton of AI in FB. (I don't go to political posts in FB, except for DU members posts

and a couple of tangible friends.)

Other topics such as pets and stuff -- it's "remarkable" how much "found footage" there is of unlikely events.

No dates, no links, no place names -- a lot of slick video.

[PatSeg]

20. Oh yes, Facebook is awash with AI-generated slop

I spend a certain amount of time each day calling them out and blocking the page they come from. What really bothers me is how many people believe they are real.

There is a large percentage of people who can't tell truth from fake, which will have serious consequences down the road. I think a lot of them are people who have watched reality TV for years and still believe it is "real".

[czarjak]

21. A large percentage of a small percentage?

Is still a small percentage. THEY just won’t admit to being incorrect?

[PatSeg]

23. That is true

However that small percentage is still enough to cause a lot of damage. They probably won't admit they're wrong, but eventually they will crawl back under the rocks from whence they came (hopefully). They became brazen and open once they had a leader who spoke their hateful language.

They've always been with us, grumbling and complaining in the shadows, while they stockpiled their guns for their day of retribution. It appears that the election of a black man to the presidency was a huge motivator for many of them.

[Faux pas]

2. I only use youtube

for recipes and exercise routines. I consider EVERYTHING else there loads of CRAP.
That is all.

[Nittersing]

7. For me, it's Texas Bushman and watercolor tutorials.

A few other randoms that come up, but never for a news source.

[Faux pas]

12. Lol your interests seem more

interesting than mine Nittersing!

[niyad]

24. Have you watched the Julia Child "French Chef" series on youtube?

[Maraya1969]

27. That sounds interesting. I started watching cooking shows on Netflix and now

I am really liking them.

[niyad]

28. These are, of course, the original PBS series, live. First seasons in

black and white.

[Faux pas]

29. Not yet dear niyad,

thank you for the recommendation 😊

[niyad]

30. You are most welcome. I was so excited when it popped up

on my youtube list.

Do let me know how you like it.

[Faux pas]

34. I will! Right now, I'm

involved in late winter early spring cleaning. I know you're so jealous!

[DiverDave]

31. Ty

Gonna look it up. It IS a cooking show, right?

[niyad]

32. Yes. Julia Child, "The French Chef" PBS, 1963-1973. One of the first

cooking shows on tv, shot live.

[DiverDave]

33. Yeah, i remember that.

Thanks again.

[niyad]

3. Out of curiosity, why do you hate Borowitz' satire?

[waddirum]

11. his satire is crap

rarely funny

[niyad]

14. An opinion clearly not shared by his legions of long-time fans.

Certainly the New Yorker did not share that view, nor do his subscribers. But, to each their own.

[Maraya1969]

13. Because it wastes my time. I think it is true and as I read, I realize I am being pranked.

When I am in that mode, (of getting information etc) I don't want someone sticking their heads in trying to throw me off. Sorry if you work for them or are involved but that is just the way I feel.

[niyad]

16. How is it a waste of time? Most people, at least here on DU, know

to check the links first on many things. The title is usually the first clue, the link is the second. Very helpful in all cases, unless one chooses not to avail oneself of the provided information.

[czarjak]

22. Kinda the point of satire.

Just not to the base.

[GoCubsGo]

4. I always look at the souce before I click on it.

This kind of shit usually doesn't show up in my YouTube algorithm. But. when it does, I usually hit the 3 dots, and click on "Do not recommend this channel." If I don't recognize the name, I tend not trust it.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. I don't go to youtube for news, analysis or "insight" into current events

[RockRaven]

6. Sorry, but it does not take a lot of discernment to suspect that any video with that

thumbnail and title is click bait and/or bullshit and unworthy of one's time.

Anything which resembles that video in appearance or presentation should be avoided in the first place.

[stopdiggin]

10. +1. All the hallmarks of pure crap - right there in front of you

If you CHOOSE to partake in this eco-sphere, for whatever reason ... Your choice.

[Maraya1969]

17. And you have never mistakenly clicked on the wrong link. Please stop acting

like you are superior because you never make a mistake.

[stopdiggin]

19. sorry if you took that as personal attack

It wasn't at all intended as such. Certainly we have all made mistakes - been taken in ...
Maybe DU (and posts such as yours) can be of service in warding off .. ?

I will kind of stick with the the position - that if you are getting your 'news' and 'information' from YouTube (and youtube channels) these days ... I think you're swimming in some pretty murky waters.

Other than that - peace, friend. Didn't mean to whack you with that stick!

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[Maraya1969]

15. I didn't even notice the picture in the beginning. I was tired and just clicked on it.

I guess I think Youtube should also have some responsibility to not show me things that are ridiculous

[mikewv]

8. Over the past month I have noticed Youtube has alot more misleading "clickbait" videos...

or whatever you want to call them. Yes, most of them are AI generated and flat out "fake news". A lot of channels are appearing in my feed that I have never heard of. Few to almost no followers.

[Renew Deal]

9. You have to be very careful with sources, especially on YouTube

There are many deepfakes of prominent political commentators.

There is also a lot of AI generated fiction. That's been the case for at least a couple years, but the deepfake problem on Youtube is bad right now.

[niyad]

18. So you are furious about this piece of crap, and yet you posted it?

Warning us, yet giving it clicks? Isn't that rather contradictory? I do not understand.

[canetoad]

25. Look at the eyes

In the OP video; Patel's look almost normal. Must be AI.

[kentuck]

26. They are all over Youtube.

I saw one yesterday imitating Lawrence O'Donnell.

[Torchlight]

35. It's happened to me more than I like admitting

(I'll never be as clever as I'd like to think I am, thankfully though majority of my YT time is watching home imprvement channels and rock videos from the eighties)

[Tommy Carcetti]

36. I would check the account name first.

Unless the account comes from a trustable, established news source, I would not even bother.

[tavernier]

37. My mind says beware anything bathed in bright primary colors.

Blue, red, yellow, also black and white.

[CoopersDad]

38. 😳 This fake Rachel Maddow is particularly CREEPY!

And, yes, we should always check the name of the posting account as a verification.

They use her voice and face, the voice is convincing but the face is just manipulated by AI and I wish this kind of forgery would be made illegal and actionable.

Creepy....

Thanks for your post, Maraya!

[DavidDvorkin]

39. "the Borowitz report, which I hate also"

Why?