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Number two and number three people at doj and i believe people in the special counsels office. i think thats why the second time i believe theyve done this they have issued this statement to distance themselves from buzz feed. this is the story i think that that even the conservative media praising mueller. they think he is a good guy after all he put out a statement it is self-serving. >> totally self-serving they were protecting themselves. mark: in terms of this report that they are writing, ...

Rudy giuliani took the stage, booed the media, everybody turned in such venom. the camera guy got spat on. >> the fake news concept taking hold so much, its dangerous to the institution of journalists. and the fact that the american public totally lost trust. >> it was not a good month for the press. there are fair and legitimate concerns. coming from "buzzfeed." howie: its been a lousy month for the press and it can be totally negative toward this president more than i have seen. not supporting...

From anywhere. it can come from anywhere and we dont know if this was part of a political that they had connection from o former political campaign or going after the governor because of an abortion stance this week. we dont know where any of those things come from. because of the internet, it can land anywhere and you got to pay attention to this stuff. the problem is massive lay-offs. >> what we just saw this week, buzzfeed and gannett and vice with major opportunity lay offs. more and more ma...

Food and subsidize gym and bring your dog to work. >> free food, you like the free food and bring your dog to work, meanwhile we talked about the tight labor market, we know that there is one, we are hearing that some companies are laying people off. >> yeah, its unfortunate. ly start with the media world, 2100 job cuts within buzzfeed, you also had vice as well, some examples, but the big one, the big one too is going to be gm, general motors has announced that they will be laying off employees...

When barack obama speech is real? which is fake. >> i visited with the families of many of the families on thursday. >> the one on the right fake. researchers at the university of washington took obamas speaking and made it look like he said the same thing at a different time and place. how about this one? which one is fake? if you pick the man, youre wrong. researchers at stanford university transferred the expression, head position, and eye gaze from the man and applied it to the woman. theyre...

How about this one? which is fake? if you pick the man, youre wrong. researchers at stanford transferred the expression, head position and eye gaze from the man and applied it to the woman. they are called deepfakes, videos that look so real its hard to tell whats fake. buzzfeed published this obama video, his lips digitally altered, his voice the actor jordan peel. >> this is a dangerous time. >> reporter: it doesnt take much imagination to see how videos like these could confuse, disrupt and i...

Get a floor vote for that. i think were going to try to get expedited consideration as well in light of whats happening in new york and virginia. >> dana: senator ben sasse, thank you for joining us. >> thanks, dana. >> dana: lawmaker ben sasse issuing warning about videos. this is serious stuff. jonathan hunt is live in los angeles. jonathan, explain how these videos work. >> reporter: welsh it comes down to this, dana. can you tell the word is apparently being spoken by someone in a video are ...

Trace? >> shep, the technology showing people doing what they never did and saying what they never said has been around for decades but its rudimentary. like john wayne in a super bowl commercial. and this scene in forest gump. >> how does it feel to be an all-american? >> i got to pee. >> i believe he said he had to pee. >> yeah, 25 years later, deep fake technology is exceptional. if you have enough video of an individual, a computer program using an algorithm can mimic that persons voice and ...

Then one day the mill spouts down, sold for scrap to china, it happens a lot. by no problem, just learn to code. everybody in brooklyn is doing it. coding was never a real solution to any of this, obviously. but it had the effect of making journalists feel even more self-satisfied. and of course it was the point, it is always a point. actually. fast forward to this month. someone on twitter came up with a pretty brilliant piece of advice for all of those laid off journalists trying to figure out...

"new york times," "the coders of kentucky." you see? it is that simple. lets say that you spent 30 years making a solid middle-class living at a paper mill in northern new hampshire, then one day the mill shut down, sold for scrap to china, it happens a lot. by no problem, just learn too code.di everybody in brooklyn is doing it. coding was never a real solution to any of this, obviously. but it had the effect of making journalists feel even more self-satisfied. and of course that was the point,...