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What are the top ten “bombshell” audio or video recordings from the 21st century so far which ignited action because we believed them (probably rightly) to be t
by jl6 7y ago
What are the top ten “bombshell” audio or video recordings from the 21st century so far which ignited action because we believed them (probably rightly) to be truth, which might these days (or soon) be plausibly denied as deep fakes, leading to inaction?
- save_ferris 7y agoI don’t think this falls into that category, but the first example that comes to mind was the 1938 “war of the worlds” radio broadcast[0]. The dramatization was written as a news report and didn’t identify itself as fictional until well into the broadcast. Angry callers reported mobs taking to the streets, but the scale of the reaction has been debated. 0: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(radio_drama) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(radio...
- craftyguy 7y agoThat was from the 20th century, not the 21st century.
- germinalphrase 7y agoThe Rodney King beating video is good example of a recording that led to direct and immediate social impacts.
- bsenftner 7y agoHG Well's "War of the Worlds" original radio broadcast is a great example is the media abusing trust unknowingly.
- JetSpiegel 7y ago9/11? There's always more to an event being a trigger for change than a simple binary is this true/false. Humans are not simple rational actors. You can trigger action with small things, concentrated on the right people, or you can have major news go under the radar.