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They aren't calling into question the clip's credibility; they're saying its potato-quality audio literally sounds like a deep fake.

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Is that what he was saying? How do you know btw? I read it differently, my mistake.

- This isn't happening

- It isn't a big deal it happens all the time

- He probably didn't say that it isn't a big deal that happens all the time, it reeks of a deep fake

- He didn't say it is a deep fake, just that it reeks like one, but isn't

Well technically only they know for sure what they meant, but I had the same reaction to the video that (I assume) they did, and they went out of their way to offer a plausible explanation for the audio distortions (packet loss).

There's also no apparent reason to doubt its authenticity, given that Yahoo Finance is a reasonably credible source and the content wasn't particularly outrageous.

- This isn't a big deal

- The only outrageous thing about that video are the audio distortions which were probably not caused by a deep fake, as we helpfully explained to you

Thanks for clearing it up! My bad.

I think we're just so used to higher-quality audio/video from the last decade in particular; I recently pulled some videos off of my old LG Env2 from high school [to archive the Fall Out Boy/All Time Low concert at The Rave (2010-ish)] that are hilariously poor quality - but it was the best we had at the time haha.

Exactly this. All I am saying is that the video has the feel of being a deep fake. Too late to edit and clarify.

Your comment has the feeling of a deep fake.

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