NANCY PELOSI/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The country’s social media giants are taking heat for videos circulating on their platforms that have been altered to show Speaker Nancy Pelosi slurring her words — the latest incident in a roiling debate over what content companies like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube should allow on their platforms. The Washington Post first reported on the appearance of the videos, finding that footage of an appearance by Pelosi at the Center for American Progress on Wednesday [5-22-19] had been slowed 25 percent, in a manner that made Pelosi’s speech seem impaired. One version posted on a Facebook page called Politics WatchDog had been viewed nearly 2 million times as of Thursday [5-23-19] evening and sparked comments like, ‘Omg is she drunk or having a stroke???”’ and, ‘She’s drunk!!!!!!’…The videos come amid an escalating feud this week between Pelosi and President Donald Trump following a contentious White House meeting over infrastructure policy. Trump abandoned the meeting abruptly, and Pelosi later told reporters that she wished Trump’s ‘family or his administration or his staff would have an intervention for the good of the country.’ Trump later shot back that Pelosi had ‘lost it.’”
–Nancy Scola, “Social networks face flak for allowing fake videos of ‘slurring’ Pelosi,” Politico, May 23, 2019 9:11 pm