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by ben_w 840 days ago
> Those AI generated photos are from a Twitter/X parody account @Trump_History45 , not from the Trump campaign as the BBC mistakenly (or misleadingly) claim.

They specifically said who they came from, and that it wasn't the Trump campaign. They even had a photo of one of the creators, whom they interviewed in that specific piece I linked to, and tried to get interviews with others.
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scarygliders 840 days ago
Look at the BBC article...

Headline: "Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images"

@Trump_History45 does appear to be a Trump supporter. However, he is also a parody account and states as such on his account.

The BBC article goes full-on with the implication that the AI images were produced with the intent to target black voters. The BBC is expert at "lying by omission"; that is, presenting a version of the truth which is ultimately misleading because they do not present the full facts.

The BBC article itself leads a reader to believe that @Trump_History45 created those AI images with the aim of misleading black voters and thus to garner support from black voters in favour of Trump.

Nowhere in that BBC article is the word "parody" mentioned, nor any examination of any of the other AI images @Trump_History45 has produced. If they had, and had fairly represented that @Trump_History45 X account, then the article would have turned out completely different;

"Trump Supporter Produces Parody AI Images of Trump" does not have the same effect which the BBC wanted it to have.

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crashmat 840 days ago
I don't know whether this is the account you are talking about, but of the second account they discuss an image posted by saying: 'It had originally been posted by a satirical account that generates images of the former president' so if this is the account you are talking about..

I won't deny the BBC has often very biased reporting for a publically funded source.

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crashmat 840 days ago
I don't know whether this is the account you are talking about, but of the second account they discuss an image posted by saying: 'It had originally been posted by a satirical account that generates images of the former president' so if this is the account you are talking about..

I won't deny the BBC has ofteb very biased reporting for a publically funded source.

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crashmat 840 days ago
I don't know whether this is the account you are talking about, but of the second account they discuss an image posted by saying: 'It had originally been posted by a satirical account that generates images of the former president' so if this is the account you are talking about..

I won't deny the BBC has very biased reporting for a publically funded source.

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