Media MANIPULATION Includes AI Image of Alex Pretti and CNN Guest Talking Concentration Camps

What this episode is about

This content discusses the controversial use of the term "concentration camps" to describe detention facilities, highlighting a heated debate during a CNN segment where a guest compares current situations to historical atrocities. The conversation emphasizes the weight of language in media narratives and the implications of making such comparisons in contemporary political discourse.

Key takeaways

• When your argument hinges on 'at least they're not in ovens,' it's time to reassess your rhetoric.
• Comparing modern conflicts to the Holocaust isn't just bold—it's a PR disaster waiting to happen.
• Nothing screams credibility like a rebuke from the Holocaust Museum—#NotIdeal.
• In today's media landscape, crafting a narrative is prioritized over factual representation; just look at that Photoshop job.
• If conditioning supporters means evoking Nazi imagery, it’s safe to say you’ve lost the moral high ground.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Megyn Kelly (Guest) · 8 min speaking
• Alex Pretti (Guest) · 1 min speaking
• Tim Walz (Guest) · 1 min speaking
• Nicole Wallace (Guest) · 1 min speaking
• Ozra Nomani (Guest) · 1 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: Anne Frank, ICE, Jake Tapper
2. 3:00 – 6:00: Alex Jeffrey Prey, MSNBC
3. 6:00 – 9:00: ICE, Neville Roy Singum
4. 9:00 – 12:00: Kamal Harris
5. 12:00 – 13:19: Birch Gold Group

Notable quotes from "Media MANIPULATION Includes AI Image of Alex Pretti and CNN Guest Talking Concentration Camps"

• Camps. Just one note, I I'm not going to I'm not here to defend ICE, but I'm I'm not a big fan of people using the term concentration camp to…

  about ICE · at 0:22

• Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank.

  about Anne Frank · at 1:57

• >> No. Okay. So, now there's more because we're going to get into media spin. We have got to talk about what MSNBC did with the image of Alex…

  about MSNBC · at 3:42

• >> This time it was 37year-old Alex Prey, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans.

  about Alex Jeffrey Prey · at 5:52

• Abolishing ICE, and on it goes. So, we are being actively manipulated from MSNBC down to these shadowy groups that are openly communist. some guy sitting in Shanghai.…

  about Neville Roy Singum · at 7:20

• The Democrats have realized if they want to be funded, Camala Harris took a ton of money. Her campaign, her super PACs took a ton of money from these people.

  about Kamal Harris · at 9:54

• >> A new year means new financial goals like making sure your savings are secure and diversified. Will this be the year you decide to talk to someone from Birch…

  about Birch Gold Group · at 12:09

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Alex Jeffrey Prey — Person · Referenced individual used in media example · 2 mentions · first at 3:50
  Used as an example in a media-manipulation claim: the segment alleges MSNBC aired a cosmetically altered photo of him to make him look more appealing while describing him as an ICU nurse.
• Jake Tapper — Person · Referenced media host/interviewer · 1 mention · first at 0:04
  Mentioned as the CNN host conducting an interview where a guest uses inflammatory 'concentration camp' language; used to illustrate media discourse and escalation.
  Here's a guest on with Jake Tapper on CNN and S five.
• Kamal Harris — Person · Referenced politician (criticized) · 1 mention · first at 9:54
  Mentioned as a recipient of large donations via campaign/super PACs; used to argue that Democratic fundraising is tied to billionaire influence. Name appears to be a misspelling of Kamala Harris.

Books & papers

• Anne Frank — Book · Referenced work · 2 mentions · first at 1:38
  Mentioned in a comparison to current events, highlighting the gravity of the situation.

Companies & orgs

• ICE — Company · Referenced entity · 2 mentions · first at 2:48
  Discussed in the context of detention camps and political controversy.
• MSNBC — Company · Referenced entity · 2 mentions · first at 3:47
  Criticized for manipulating an image of a person to fit a narrative.

Sponsors

• Neville Roy Singum — Person · Referenced alleged funder/organizer (criticized) · 1 mention · first at 6:52
  Presented as an American-born billionaire allegedly funding left-wing organizations/media (e.g., People's Forum, Breakthrough News) and influencing protest activity; framed as foreign-based influence (Shanghai).
• Birch Gold Group — Company · Sponsor · 2 mentions · first at 12:16
  Promoted as a financial service for gold investment, offering a rebate for first-time buyers.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 What we saw yesterday with the media was well, I'll just give you one example. Here's a guest on with Jake Tapper on CNN and S five. We can't do business as usual right now anyway because our city has been invaded by masked gunmen kidnapping family members and friends and neighbors of ours uh to send them to concentration camps. Just one note, I I I uh I'm not going to I'm not here to defend ICE, but I I'm I'm not a big fan of people using the term concentration camp to to describe detention camps. That's has a very specific meaning in terms >> Well, they same >> I understand that. But they take people to Fort Snelling here, which literally was built as a concentration camp, and Alligator Alcatraz, >> which I think we can all agree is a concentration camp. Not saying they're

0:49 Dow. I'm not saying they're putting people in ovens yet, but these are concentration camps. >> What? What was that? >> It's not going well on CNN. >> Imagine being that producer like before they go live with the shot and you look at what that cat's wearing and I mean, you think this segment's going to go well. Hey boss, I got a great booking. I got a great booking. This guy seems measured. not not a huge fan of comparing things to the concentration camps. It's kind of a it's like a hard no for most of us making comparisons to Nazi Germany. Um and the guy's like, "No, I get it. I get it." Except, you know, well, they're not putting people in ovens yet.

1:31 >> No, >> you're right. I'll be more measured. I haven't actually seen ovens yet. >> You had the governor of that state be like, you know, there's going to be a book like The Diary of Anne Frank written about this occupation we're under. So, like, it's not like it's coming from nowhere. Part of what the left does is have to jin them up. >> Stand by. Here's 20. >> We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses afraid to go outside.

1:57 Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. >> Somebody's going to write that children's story about Minnesota. And there's one person who can end this now. I mean, first of all, children's story is like Goodn Night Moon, right? You know, the very hungry caterpillar. It's not It's not the diary of Frank. >> It's not the diary of Minnesota illegals either. >> I mean, secondly, he got rebuked by the the Holocaust Museum. I always like the National Holocaust Memorial. Like, when they're rebuking you, it's not it's not ideal. uh like when you're just trying to make a point about your kids. By the way, that's a great place to start for ICE. Apparently Tim Walls knows where all the illegal children are hiding and he's got he's he's ready for ICE to

2:50 deliver the epilogue to their story in Minneapolis. I'm sorry. It's just so ridiculous. >> Understand? But it's necessary for them to condition their supporters. If he's going to have people out in freezing conditions with their phones out harassing ICE on his behest, he has to make them think you're fighting Nazis. your brave heroes who who are who are the part of the underground to save us from Nazis by using that kind of language. He knows what he's doing.

3:15 >> I'm really glad Megan you played those clips back to back because I think it you know what we were talking about in the first segment, right? It's the permission structure that the governor Tim Walls and Jacob Fry and the leadership there in Minnesota has provided for people like that lunatic. I mean that guy looks like you know a Portlandia character straight out of central casting where with the pink knit beanie wearing it inside. These people are cartoon characters. >> No. Okay. So, now there's more because we're going to get into media spin. We have got to talk about what MSNBC did with the image of Alex Prey. Um, apparently they did not think that their hero was hot enough. And so they or someone from whom they got the picture clearly manipulated the photo that is out there of Alex Prey in his nurse's scrubs to make him look better in the

4:14 image that Nicole Wallace showed on the air. Now I just I'm I'm showing Yeah, let's put this up. It's the original >> and then the after. All right. Now, I actually looked very close. I put on my reading glasses on and I zoomed in and you can see actually what they've done. They've darkened his hair. Again, I don't know who did it, but MSNBC used it. They darkened his hair. They filled in his hair a little to make him look slightly less bald. They tanned him up.

4:41 They whitened his teeth. And they may have straightened one tooth over there on the top left. There was like a snaggle. And it appears to have been gone in the AI version on the right. his nose, which I'm sorry, but you take the like a man's rather prominent nose and start manipulating it to make it look what less like long and out there and now you're really now you're really messing with things like that is just so beyond by a journalist. Like a filter that makes the guy look tanner and maybe that could happen accidentally. the shortening of a nose >> that does not happen accidentally. And his jaw may have been shortened uh in the picture on the right. I mean, there there have been multiple manipulations by on this picture.

5:26 >> They they like juiced him. Look at his right bicep. I saw this image. >> Like they really went to town. Isn't that insane? Think about that. >> I didn't even notice that one. >> I mean, it's less insane than being horny for Luigi Manion, you know? So, this is technically an improvement. >> That's actually right. >> Yeah. >> Well, listen. Can you listen to the messaging that Nicole Wallace was giving her audience when she used the manipulated image? Listen.

5:52 >> This time it was 37year-old Alex Prey, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans. Donald Trump and his cabinet, his administration are demanding once again that you not believe your eyes and ears. Um uh kind of kind of thinking that would be a good instinct in this particular instance, but like what kind of a cynical mofo is like he's not hot enough? >> Yeah, >> we have to make him look hotter if we really want him to be our poster boy. I mean like that is effed up. It just shows you how this is all acting there.

6:30 There's I genuinely believe the Natalie Portman tears are fake. The Glen Close outrage is fake. It's performative. These people on the streets are there. You mentioned the billionaire. There were there have been several reports now. The biggest and best was out of Fox News. I think it's Ozra Nomani who did it >> who reported that it's this guy, an American-born billionaire named Neville Roy Singum, a self-declared declared Marxist Leninist living in Shanghai. um who's created one of these communist groups, the People's Forum, that is out there. It's a nonprofit that supports these entities like Breakthrough News, which is a left-wing propaganda outfit that's been heavily creating content centered on Minneapolis. They're doing things like sharing videos, publishing graphics, demanding things like abolishing ICE, and on it goes. So,

7:23 like, we are being actively manipulated from MSNBC down to these shadowy groups that are openly communist. some guy sitting in Shanghai. It's like that weirdo who's all over ex Ian Miles Chong who's attacking people like yours truly for my commentary on politics from Malaysia. you. Get out of Malaysia. Why don't you come here if you want to criticize me? But it's like these shadowy figures who want to control the American dialogue from like their huts god knows where, >> right? And I mean they're 25,000 square foot huts, Megan. These are billionaires >> who want to ruin our country. Ruin our country. They're paying like this guy that Astronommani, great reporter. She's obviously been following this left-wing money chain for a very long time and she's written extensively about this guy that you mentioned and you know he said

8:19 that the one tool he has in his tool chest where he can use to beat everybody else is treachery. They want to ruin our country. They're the ones who are tearing us apart at the seams. They're the ones who are like, "Oh, no, America. You don't have enough problems as it is. We need to import millions of people from third world countries who grew up under different circumstances and who want to take your peaceful neighborhood away from you. Military age men from the other hemisphere who want to cause violence in your streets. And if you try to say anything about it, you're the bad guy. This is an actual operation against us. It's a left-wingfunded insurgency from foreign governments. And I mean, I'll let Smug speak to the guys on X who are doing this for money, too, because he knows who they are and where they come from. But the reality is we have to

9:10 open our >> Malaysia. >> Well, the thing is that it's all over. One of the things that uh Elon did that was incredible is now you can click on a person's profile and see where they register, what country they register their account in, and which country that they're accessing the app from. It's incredible because very quickly you saw a lot of people who are trying to tell Americans how America should be run aren't in America. It's incredible. But like to Ashbrook's point, the amount of money coming from overseas billionaires who recognize that the left is a useful tool of useful idiots. We saw in New York City protests pop up where the signs were already printed, the hats are already made and ready to go because this is not an organic grassroots thing that you're seeing across the country.

9:54 The Democrats have realized if they want to be funded, Camala Harris took a ton of money. Her campaign, her super PACs took a ton of money from these people. Hans York, a Swiss national, George Soros, billionaires are essentially funding the left to try and destroy this country and we're seeing the effects of it in Minnesota and across the country. >> If your goal is to ruin America, you really only have one plot of people to deal with, right? They don't particularly like America to begin with.

10:22 >> Exactly. And it's a lot easier. That was the great irony of the whole Russia gate investigation, by the way, is that somehow the the conservative right was going to be the angle to have other countries pull one over on us. Like what we've seen over the last, you know, 10 years is basically a whole bunch of foreign influence going in on the left to try to do like relatively little manipulation in order for them to just get on board for the big win. And if you take a step back, I think you look at your average Republican, your average conservative voter, the vast majority of people, they want to take their kids to soccer practice and softball. They want to make sure that they've got uh, you know, streets that are navigable, that they don't have crime in their neighborhood. They want to take care of their neighbor. They want to go to church. You want to just like basic

11:10 American things. And then you look at the left and it's much more instant and it's much more absurd. And there is no 50,000 foot look. It's much right now. We hate Trump right now and whatever you can do. And so you get like images which you started this conversation about where you just manipulate it just a little bit to get somebody just a little bit more right now angry about a whole bunch of different things and you can send them off in a million different directions. And I think that that is happening in real time in the far left in a way that is so corrosive to our our democracy, our republic. I mean it it they are becoming to your point earlier, you got to start asking questions about whether a national divorce is for real because they don't seem like they're capable of actually getting to the point where we all want the same things.

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Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Media MANIPULATION Includes AI Image of Alex Pretti and CNN Guest Talking Concentration Camps"?

Megyn Kelly (Guest), Alex Pretti (Guest), Tim Walz (Guest), Nicole Wallace (Guest), Ozra Nomani (Guest).

What is "Media MANIPULATION Includes AI Image of Alex Pretti and CNN Guest Talking Concentration Camps" about?

This content discusses the controversial use of the term "concentration camps" to describe detention facilities, highlighting a heated debate during a CNN segment where a guest compares current situations to historical atrocities. The conversation emphasizes the weight of language in media narratives and the implications of making such comparisons in contemporary political discourse.

What is mentioned in this Megyn Kelly episode?

8 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including ICE, Alex Jeffrey Prey, Jake Tapper, MSNBC, Kamal Harris, Anne Frank. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Media MANIPULATION Includes AI Image of Alex Pretti and CNN Guest Talking Concentration Camps"?

The episode runs 13 min; the transcript is about 2,366 words in 19 timestamped sections.

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