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Even the supposedly unedited "full" footage is misleadingly altered, experts say.
The undercover Planned Parenthood videos that spurred a congressional investigation were so severely manipulated that they wouldn't hold up in court, according to an analysis by three teams of forensic experts.
Planned Parenthood hired independent research firm Fusion GPS to investigate the validity of the first five "sting" videos released by the Center for Medical Progress, an anti-abortion group.
Glenn Simpson, a partner at the firm and a former Wall Street Journal reporter, assembled three teams of neutral experts to comb through the tapes using special video software. He said the teams found that all of the videos analyzed -- even the supposedly "full," unedited footage the CMP released -- were missing large sections of time and misleadingly altered so that separate conversations appeared to take place in an uninterrupted take. Moreover, the forensic team found that the transcripts CMS released with the videos were frequently erroneous.
"It appears they commit what I would call 'wishful thinking' about what was said," Simpson told reporters Thursday.
More: 'Sting' Videos Of Planned Parenthood Are Totally Manipulated, Forensic Analysis Finds
Using "doctored" videos to advance the anti-choice agenda is dishonorable and misleading.
The undercover Planned Parenthood videos that spurred a congressional investigation were so severely manipulated that they wouldn't hold up in court, according to an analysis by three teams of forensic experts.
Planned Parenthood hired independent research firm Fusion GPS to investigate the validity of the first five "sting" videos released by the Center for Medical Progress, an anti-abortion group.
Glenn Simpson, a partner at the firm and a former Wall Street Journal reporter, assembled three teams of neutral experts to comb through the tapes using special video software. He said the teams found that all of the videos analyzed -- even the supposedly "full," unedited footage the CMP released -- were missing large sections of time and misleadingly altered so that separate conversations appeared to take place in an uninterrupted take. Moreover, the forensic team found that the transcripts CMS released with the videos were frequently erroneous.
"It appears they commit what I would call 'wishful thinking' about what was said," Simpson told reporters Thursday.
More: 'Sting' Videos Of Planned Parenthood Are Totally Manipulated, Forensic Analysis Finds
Using "doctored" videos to advance the anti-choice agenda is dishonorable and misleading.