I think every word in that description is technically true though. The lie is in the focus, particularly “deceptive” editing techniques. They want the reader to think that means O’Keefe makes people appear to be saying things they aren’t saying, but if they were legally challenged to prove their use of the word “deceptive”, they would say, “Well, he adds dramatic mood music when he provides his commentary before and after the videos. He adds jumpcuts so he is manipulating time. Sometimes he uses black and white to make things look worse than they are. And look at these parts where the video freezes and he zooms in on the person. That makes him look like a criminal! And that was an unflattering freeze frame. Deceptive!”
The other is “far-right” but technically I think O’Keefe would be closer to “far-right” than “center-right”, wouldn’t he? Again, they are not exactly wrong there, but they are trying to create a phobic effect in their leftist readers, who hear “far-right” and picture neo-Nazis and shit. For me, I’ve been debrainwashed on “far-right” as an insult and think it’s a compliment now. Like to me “far-right” doesn’t sound far enough right. Couldn’t there be a way to get a little farther right from these maniacs? Could we start identifying as the “farther right”. “Far-right” sounds like Ben Shapiro or something.
I think every word in that description is technically true though. The lie is in the focus, particularly “deceptive” editing techniques. They want the reader to think that means O’Keefe makes people appear to be saying things they aren’t saying, but if they were legally challenged to prove their use of the word “deceptive”, they would say, “Well, he adds dramatic mood music when he provides his commentary before and after the videos. He adds jumpcuts so he is manipulating time. Sometimes he uses black and white to make things look worse than they are. And look at these parts where the video freezes and he zooms in on the person. That makes him look like a criminal! And that was an unflattering freeze frame. Deceptive!”
The other is “far-right” but technically I think O’Keefe would be closer to “far-right” than “center-right”, wouldn’t he? Again, they are not exactly wrong there, but they are trying to create a phobic effect in their leftist readers, who hear “far-right” and picture neo-Nazis and shit. For me, I’ve been debrainwashed on “far-right” as an insult and think it’s a compliment now. Like to me “far-right” doesn’t sound far enough right. Couldn’t there be a way to get a little farther right from these maniacs? Could we start identifying as the “farther right”. “Far-right” sounds like Ben Shapiro or something.
Ultra Far Right. kek