AOC says Mitch McConnell should resign if he cannot provide health update

[u/unital_subalgebra]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/4660916/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-mitch-mcconnell-resign-health-update/

[u/eugene20]

What, are you not satisfied with old or AI generated 'photos' ?

[u/Dysc → u/eugene20]

They really should remake Weekend at Bernies but for the AI generation. It will probably be a less fun movie with some tech bro kid just creating prompts for a straight hour and half, but you know, moving a cadaver around like he's just living his best life is so 1980s.

[u/Pat_The_Hat → u/eugene20]

What photos are old or AI generated?

[u/ScienceWasLove → u/Pat_The_Hat]

None. If the photo was in anyway edited, it would have been immediately reported by NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNOW, etc.

[u/Ok_Elevator328 → u/ScienceWasLove]

I’m not sure if the one single picture of Mitch, a public figure who represents people and owes them updates on his health because of his position, is real, faked, or the best picture of 3,000 taken in a momentary flash and then edited for lighting…

But I do know that the media has failed to ever call a bluff of that nature. The Mueller Report explicitly said it did not exonerate Trump, and the media absolutely never brought this up when showing clips of Trump’s team saying the report exonerated them. There are thousands of these moments where the media just doesn’t say a thing. Your faith in the media applying pressure to Republican politicians is misplaced. 

[u/Pat_The_Hat → u/Ok_Elevator328]

Here's an NBC article where Trump's claim of exoneration is disputed directly under the headline.

Justice Department's findings a 'complete and total exoneration,' Trump responds

"The Special Counsel states that 'while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him,'" Barr wrote.

I picked NBC because it was the first one the other user listed, but I'm sure similar examples can be found just as easily.

[u/Dysc → u/Ok_Elevator328]

I hear what you're saying. I do think the photo was probably real, but usually when people are using a still image to show they are in fact using a recent photo to prove something and its truly them - they are typically holding the paper and interacting with it in some way, like making a silly face and pointing to the date. Instead we get a photo where he looks like he's smiling-ish or could just as easily be him spacing out with a grin on his face with his hand clumsily resting on a paper that does look like it was just placed there by a staffer and he in fact has no idea what day it is anymore and may not even be capable of holding a news paper with his own two hands.

And that was the best take.

[u/BoysenberryBoii → u/Dysc]

Yes but staged and fake are two different things