Cheapfakes get an indefensible boost from powerful GOP partisans

 https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/cheapfakes-get-indefensible-boost-powerful-gop-partisans-rcna157934

It was ugly, but it wasn’t unusual. The right creates low-cost “cheapfakes“ like these all the time. Indeed, within days of the deceitful video out of Italy, a similar video made the rounds among conservatives showing Biden purportedly freezing onstage at a fundraiser. In the full context, it was clear the president simply paused to take in some applause. In another recent instance, a similarly deceptive clip circulated that seemed to show the president reaching for a non-existent chair, though in reality, there was a chair.