The Technology That Will Make It Impossible for You to Believe What You See
With these techniques, it’s difficult to discern between videos of real people and computerized impostors that can be programmed to say anything.
The president was seething.
His problem was with the press, yes, but also with the technology they used. Electronic media had changed everything. People were glued to their screens. “I have never heard or seen such outrageous, vicious, distorted reporting,” he said in a news conference.
The age of television news, Richard Nixon told reporters gathered that day in October 1973, was shaking the confidence of the American people. He didn’t yet know his presidency would reach a calamitous end. When Nixon announced he would resign, in August 1974, he spoke directly into a television camera. The recording remains stunning
