tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post2323616627013021318..comments2023-10-29T05:13:15.825-05:00Comments on Another War-on-Terror Blog: Michelle Obama's "Whitey" Video, Common Sense, and Michelle MalkinBrian H. Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post-88399772750226331822008-06-04T10:38:00.000-05:002008-06-04T10:38:00.000-05:00Brigid, I'll agree that doctored videos are quite ...Brigid, <BR/><BR/>I'll agree that doctored videos are quite possible. Visual effects should be fairly easy to fake on YouTube, with that service's heavy-handed compression. <BR/><BR/>However, taking an existing video of Michelle Obama and dubbing a convincing impersonator's voice over it - for more than a sound bite's worth - would be a very impressive accomplishment: to say the least. <BR/><BR/>An alternative, making a convincing 3D virtual Michelle Obama, a setting for the model to go in, and then animating that, would, I think, be even more difficult. <BR/><BR/>It's well to be wary, but convincing fakes are hard to make. <BR/><BR/>(Although I know: there are fake videos out there. For example, a hilarious clip, showing Obama saying that we need change: then someone says that a woman needs change. "Obama" reaches to his belt, and makes change from one of those belt-mounted coin dispensers. I don't know where that clip came from, unhappily.)Brian H. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post-69312600646238716432008-06-04T09:53:00.000-05:002008-06-04T09:53:00.000-05:00And if it shows up on Youtube or really just about...And if it shows up on Youtube or really just about anywhere on the web how is one to tell if the audio hadn't been edited to fit the desired reality of the poster?<BR/><BR/>I don't particularly like Clinton or Obama, but I frown on tactics like this.Brigidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03796317915330760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post-33719379816803400992008-06-04T09:44:00.000-05:002008-06-04T09:44:00.000-05:00I agree with you. There is no sense speculating a...I agree with you. There is no sense speculating about such a video until someone makes it public.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post-4805210654679404372008-06-03T22:01:00.000-05:002008-06-03T22:01:00.000-05:00Jersey Lou, Here's that URL, as a link. www.humani...Jersey Lou, <BR/><BR/>Here's that URL, as a link. <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.humanityovercomes.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">www.humanityovercomes.blogspot.com</A><BR/><BR/>After this, I may be leaving this task up to people commenting on this blog's posts. (This blog's host, blogspot, supports link tags in comments.)Brian H. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post-89536104510779128902008-06-03T21:43:00.000-05:002008-06-03T21:43:00.000-05:00Jersey Lou, I'm inclined to agree with you. Clinto...Jersey Lou, <BR/><BR/>I'm inclined to agree with you. <BR/><BR/>Clinton's advantage would have been is that she is, in my opinion, much more aware of the realities we face than Obama is, domestically as well as internationally. <BR/><BR/>I don't approve of her policies, but at least she's more obviously living in the same world we do.Brian H. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post-75689935418873668332008-06-03T21:04:00.000-05:002008-06-03T21:04:00.000-05:00Regardless of the validity of such a video: you ca...Regardless of the validity of such a video: you can bet your bottom dollar Obama will be as bad for the country as Clinton if he wins.<BR/><BR/>http://www.humanityovercomes.blogspot.comJersey Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701642441286832834noreply@blogger.com