Republicans Devastated By Planned Parenthood Scandal Collapse As Videos Found To Be Edited

[DonViejo]

By: Jason Easley
Thursday, August, 27th, 2015, 11:39 am

The Planned Parenthood scandal has collapsed as expert analysis of the videos has revealed that they were edited, manipulated, and have no legal value.

The Fusion GPS analysis commissioned by Planned Parenthood concluded:

Fusion GPS analysts reviewed all four of the “full footage” videos released by the Center for Medical Progress, totaling more than 12 hours of tape. This analysis did not reveal widespread evidence of substantive video manipulation, but we did identify cuts, skips, missing tape, and changes in camera angle. A forensic video expert, Grant Fredericks, reviewed segments of tape identified as suspicious during this preliminary review. This professional analysis revealed that the full footage videos contained numerous intentional post-production edits.

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A video forensics expert, a television producer, an independent transcription agency, and Fusion GPS staff reviewed this material. While these analysts found no evidence that CMP inserted dialogue not spoken by Planned Parenthood staff, their review did conclude that CMP edited content out of the alleged “full footage” videos, and heavily edited the short videos so as to misrepresent statements made by Planned Parenthood representatives.

In addition, the CMP transcript for the “full footage” video shot at Planned Parenthood’s Gulf Coast facility in Texas differs substantially from the content of the tape. At this point, it is impossible to characterize the extent to which CMP’s undisclosed edits and cuts distort the meaning of the encounters the videos purport to document.

However, The manipulation of the videos does mean they have no evidentiary value in a legal context and cannot be relied upon for any official inquiries unless supplemented by CMP’s original material and forensic authentication that this material is supplied in unaltered form. The videos also lack credibility as journalistic products.

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[djean111]

1. I doubt the GOP cares, unless they can somehow be found liable. They got what they wanted -

an excuse to cut funding for Planned Parenthood. The GOP base will never believe the tapes were edited, and even if they did, they would just say the end justifies the means and grin and proceed with cutting funding to PP.
Same thing happened to Acorn. Mission accomplished.

[mikeysnot]

6. And this is what they are hearing

Ask any leftist to defend the monstrosities that are contained on the Center for Medical Progress videos about Planned Parenthood, and they will immediately retort that the videos are “heavily edited.” Go on, I dare you to try it and find a liberal who doesn’t immediately leap to that canard. It cannot be done, for they know nothing else to even say about the damning things that have unfolded for all the world to see on film.

The worst part is that the media lapdogs parrot this talking point as though it’s actually germane, in the context of an organization that has willingly and immediately released the full videos with each and every release. Definitely, this would be a fair attack if the liberals/media in question could point to some area in which the alleged “heavy editing” has resulted in an unfair characterization of what the Planned Parenthood official in question said, but that has never happened.

http://www.redstate.com/2015/08/05/george-allen-macaca-the-infantile-hypocrisy-of-the-heavily-edited-defense/

eric is such a tool. Where was the wrong wing media in the early 80's when i had to find examples of Logical Fallacies in journalism...

[DetlefK]

8. "Next, those libruls will tell you Jesus said nothing against abortion and homos."

We live in an era where headlines are more important than content.

"Were those videos edited? The headline said No, so why should I bother reading up all the facts?"

[mikeysnot]

2. Doesn't matter...

The easily manipulated and lead masses that make up the R base will still beleive it to be true no matter what. just like IRS, Acorn, Birth Certificates, Hillary's email, et al....

It is not that they are convinced through multiple facts and come to the conclusion that it is true,, it is that they want to believe it is true.

Fox knows this and pounds the lie, pounds the lie until it becomes true.

[Syzygy321]

3. I am glad

But the damage cannot be undone.
Maybe a suit will be possible, for libel?

[Rex]

4. Here is the domestic terrorist organization's webpage. Let them know.

I plan on writing a really nasty letter.

http://www.centerformedicalprogress.org/

[RussBLib]

5. devastated?

I think not. They will repeat the lies until they themselves believe it.

[thesquanderer]

9. Nope, no one's devastated. Typical Jason Easley headline clickbait.

But other than that, good article.

[Va Lefty]

7. Since when has truth or validity meant anything to the republicans?

[Indydem]

10. Doesn't matter if it's not "legally admissible"

This was never about a court case.

It was about catching PP officials treating fetal tissue as a commodity and not at the precious bodies of murdered children.

They got what they were after - on to the outrage!

[jwirr]

11. The Rs do not care that it was edited. They know that their followers will

believe anything they say. Thus they benefit either way.

[tclambert]

12. If you mathematically prove their beliefs false, RWs will just stop believing in mathematics.

Besides, they know the value of Pi should be 3.0 even. It says so in the Bible.