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Chris Cuomo mocked for response after deepfake AOC video

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Chris Cuomo mocked for response after falling for deepfake AOC video

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Cuomo then deleted the post, but in response to Ocasio-Cortez on social media he doubled down on his criticism of her, writing: “You are correct...that was a deepfake (but it really does sound like you)
That's the whole point of a deepfake, numbnuts.
- "Yes, it's fake, but it sounds true so it's still valid!" is pretty much where we're at for critical thinking in 2025.
  
  Pretty much "Ow, my balls", etc., to a tee...
- This is what drives me nuts about his apology.
  It's not that you thought it looked like her. It did.
  It's not that you thought it sounded like her voice. It did
  It's the fact that you thought she would string together the sentence:
  Watching that sultry little temptress squeeze into a Canadian tuxedo three sizes too small with her bouncy little funbags on the screen staring at you, piercing through the core of your soul with those ocean-blue eyes that could resurrect the Führer from his grave in Argentina
  In front of a full congress to be saved in the library of congress. That is how little you think of her. That's the insult, that she's somehow dumber than MTG.
  That's the thing to apologize for.
- *that sounds like the caricature of you I have in my head
He's basically like "when you think about it, isn't it her fault i fell for a deepfake?" nah, man.
- "But the fact that it could have been real is crazy!"
The world isn't ready for deepfakes. I miss feeling like things would get better in the future.
- You must be juuust old enough that such a feeling is new. 😅🥲
Is he wearing orange makeup?
- It was applied. To his face. Guess how?
  
  😘🍊🐴

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