Here is part of the Wilco Sun editorial published 2/19/2020.
Here’s a curious item that appeared in the New York Post Saturday afternoon: “Nobody can resist a fart joke — not even the President of the United States.
“President Trump caught wind of a five-year-old video of a Texas town council meeting that broke down in laughter when the mayor went to use the bathroom — and forgot to switch off his wireless microphone.
The president shared the video with his 72.5M twitter followers. “The original clip went viral in 2015, racking up more than 5 million views.
The two-minute snippet shows Georgetown, Texas, council member Rachael Jonrowe collapsing in helpless giggles at a May 2015 meeting as she tries to give a sober report on infectious disease over a soundtrack of Mayor Dale Ross tinkling in the toilet.
“But the clip that Trump retweeted without comment on Saturday was doctored with additional audio of a wind symphony and crowd reaction shots that were not in the original.” * * *
The thing is, the Prez retweeted a fake. And the fake, with its overdubbed sound effects, has a mean streak that the original doesn’t have. The original is just funny in a sweet sort of way. If it were a Saturday Night Live skit, Mayor Ross would play the straight man and Rachael Jonrowe would do the comedy angle. Although Ross takes a little heat in the video’s comment section, Jonrowe charms.
From the comments: “I love this lady. She’s adorable. Marry me. — Her laugh is infectious! — She’s so cute trying to hold it together. — Rachael, I love you. — She is so cute! I love happy people. — She did her best to stifle, but it would have been impossible for most of us. — She has the cutest laugh. — Bless her for not giving up!”
As of Monday afternoon, the fake with 3.3 million views, is creeping up on the original with 5.4 million views. So now we have our own example of how fake news, with its malicious twist, can replace the truth.
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