CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. et al v. TRUMP et al

Filing 3

LARGE ADDITIONAL ATTACHMENT(S) re 2 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order filed by CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC., ABILIO JAMES ACOSTA. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 7, # 2 Exhibit 8, # 3 Exhibit 9, # 4 Exhibit 10, # 5 Exhibit 11, # 6 Exhibit 12, # 7 Exhibit 13, # 8 Exhibit 14, # 9 Exhibit 15, # 10 Exhibit 16, # 11 Exhibit 17, # 12 Exhibit 18, # 13 Exhibit 19, # 14 Exhibit 20, # 15 Exhibit 21, # 16 Exhibit 22, # 17 Exhibit 23, # 18 Exhibit 24, # 19 Exhibit 25, # 20 Exhibit 26, # 21 Exhibit 27, # 22 Exhibit 28, # 23 Exhibit 29, # 24 Exhibit 30, # 25 Exhibit 31, # 26 Exhibit 32, # 27 Exhibit 33, # 28 Exhibit 34, # 29 Exhibit 35, # 30 Exhibit 36, # 31 Exhibit 37, # 32 Exhibit 38, # 33 Exhibit 39, # 34 Exhibit 40, # 35 Exhibit 41, # 36 Exhibit 42, # 37 Exhibit 43, # 38 Exhibit 44, # 39 Exhibit 45, # 40 Exhibit 46, # 41 Exhibit 47, # 42 Exhibit 48, # 43 Exhibit 49, # 44 Exhibit 50, # 45 Exhibit 51, # 46 Exhibit 52, # 47 Exhibit 53, # 48 Exhibit 54)(jf)

Exhibit 42

11/10/2018

Sarah Sanders, the White House press secretary, tweets misleading video to justify pulling Jim Acosta's credentials - CNN

White House press secretary tweets misleading video from
InfoWars personality to justify revoking CNN reporter's
credentials
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business
Updated 7:14 PM ET, Thu November 8, 2018
New York (CNN) — White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders seized on a misleading video apparently first posted by a far-right personality associated
with fringe media organization InfoWars as a basis for indefinitely suspending the press credentials of CNN's chief White House correspondent.
On Wednesday evening, Sanders released a statement announcing that the White House had revoked the hard pass — a credential that permits
speedy entry to the White House grounds —held by CNN's chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta.
In the statement, Sanders falsely accused Acosta of "placing his hands" on a White House intern as she attempted to aggressively remove the
microphone from his hands during a contentious press conference exchange with President Donald Trump.
Later that night, Sanders said in a tweet that the White House stood by its decision to revoke Acosta's credentials, writing, "We will not tolerate the
inappropriate behavior clearly documented in this video."
But the video she was referring to, which was included in her tweet, didn't come directly from one of the many cameras that had been at the press
conference. Instead, it appeared to have come from Paul Joseph Watson, an editor-at-large for InfoWars, a media organization known for peddling
conspiracy theories and hateful content. Such behavior resulted in InfoWars being banned earlier this year by most major social media platforms.

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11/10/2018

Sarah Sanders, the White House press secretary, tweets misleading video to justify pulling Jim Acosta's credentials - CNN

Moreover, it did not accurately portray what happened — it appears to show Acosta's arm moving in a downward motion towards the intern's faster
than it actually did.
It's unclear exactly where Sanders first saw the video or where she got it from. When she was asked on Thursday about the video and the misleading
way it portrayed the incident, Sanders said, according to a White House pool report, "The question is did the reporter make contact or not? The video is
clear, he did. We stand by our statement."
CNN emailed Sanders later Thursday and asked her how the video came to her attention and whether she was aware of Watson's background and
whether she had vetted the video herself before posting it. She referred CNN back to the statement.
On Twitter, Watson strongly denied having edited the video in a deliberately deceptive fashion. Watson said that the only editing he did was to zoom in
on the area around Acosta's hand.
Watson did provide a clue as to how the video may have inadvertently come to show a misleading version of the incident, however. He said that the
basis for the video he posted was not raw footage or even a clip taken directly from a network. Instead, Watson said, he had downloaded a GIF, edited
it, and exported the final product as a video.
A GIF is a media file that compresses video by removing a significant number of frames from it. It allows individuals to show moving images without
uploading large files.
It's possible that the processes and technology involved in creating a GIF, downloading that GIF, editing it as a video and re-uploading it could have
created the discrepancy between what the video Sanders posted shows and what the original video from the press conference clearly showed.
Whatever happened, the White House press secretary tweeted from her o cial account a misleading video to justify the punishment of a journalist, and
sparked a debate over which video should be believed. That has people who monitor disinformation online, who have worried about the impending
arrival of technology that will be able to seamlessly alter video to create the impression that people are saying or doing things they haven't done, very
concerned.
It's widely expected that internet trolls, partisans and perhaps even rogue states will ultimately seize on sophisticated video manipulation to advance
their causes. But the fact that the spokesperson for the President of the United States tweeted a misleading video and then stood by it underscored the
danger and wide-reaching impact of the possible information wars.
In a Thursday afternoon statement, Whitney Shefte, president of the White House News Photographers Association, said, "As visual journalists, we know
that manipulating images is manipulating truth. It's deceptive, dangerous and unethical. Knowingly sharing manipulated images is equally problematic,
particularly when the person sharing them is a representative of our country's highest o ce with vast influence over public opinion."
At BuzzFeed, Charlie Warzel summed up those concerns, writing, "The entire ordeal is a near-perfect example of a scenario disinformation experts have
predicted and warned of, where the very threat of video manipulation can lead to a blurring of reality."

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