Example 2: cited by the News Literacy Project. This is an example of common strategy of using a photograph or video out of context. The video was edited and used to suggest a set of circumstances that never existed. Notice how many views it had.

Screenshot of an Instagram post. The Instagram post features and image of President Trump walking on a lawn. Above the image it says, "Trump is lost & disoriented here. His mind goes blank and he doesn't remember what he's supposed to do next. He's deep into his degenerative neurological disease - Frontotemporal dementia - mindlessly lumbering and zigzagging in the grass towards a puddle." The caption to the image of this photo and text says, "I am... speechless." This post was viewed 42,336 times with 151 comments. Underneath the image of all of this, it says "NO: This video does not show President Donald Trump wandering ina state of confusion on the White House lawn. No: It is not evidence that the president has dementia. YES: It is a deceptively edited clip takes from a video of Trump in 2019 walking away from reporters to wait for first lady Melania Trump.

Example 2: cited by the News Literacy Project. This is an example of common strategy of using a photograph or video out of context. The video was edited and used to suggest a set of circumstances that never existed. Notice how many views it had.