Mainstream Media 'Discovers' Video Editing Errors (Only When Trump Benefits)
AP News breathlessly reports on the BBC and CBS facing 'uproar' and legal settlements over edited videos involving Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. The article frames this as a new, high-stakes challenge for journalism, where 'editing video takes on new significance.' One might wonder where this 'significance' was when, say, networks cropped out inconvenient details from pro-war rallies or
manipulated crowd sizes for favored politicians. This isn't a 'new significance,' it’s the oldest trick in the book, only now the target has enough power (and legal muscle) to make the media sweat. While the media feigns shock over Trump-related editing, let's recall the selective outrage. When media outlets amplify narratives without critical context—like showing Netanyahu's 'regret' for civilian
deaths without mentioning his repeated calls for collective punishment, or framing a famine as 'complex' rather than a direct result of siege tactics—that's also editing. It's an editing of reality itself. The only thing new here is that powerful figures are now forcing the AP to acknowledge that their colleagues do, in fact, edit reality.