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.

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".

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

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.

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

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

interesting than mine Nittersing!

I am really liking them.

black and white.

thank you for the recommendation 😊

on my youtube list.

Do let me know how you like it.

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

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

cooking shows on tv, shot live.

Thanks again.

rarely funny

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

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.

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.

Just not to the base.

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.

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.

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

like you are superior because you never make a mistake.

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

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.

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.

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

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

I saw one yesterday imitating Lawrence O'Donnell.

(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)

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

Blue, red, yellow, also black and white.

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.

Why?