PSA: That leaked audio of the actress was missing 3 seconds in the middle

I was editing a podcast last week and noticed a pause sounded just like the 'candid' clips people share online. Has anyone else caught these gaps in viral gossip clips?

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patricia322d ago

Right? I noticed that same thing when I was messing around with a free audio editor last month. There was a clip going around where a singer supposedly said something rude, and I slowed it down and found this weird two-second gap where the background noise completely changed. The audio before and after the gap sounded totally normal, but that middle part was so clean and quiet it had to be cut and pasted from something else. It's crazy how easy it is to make someone look bad with a simple edit like that, just a quick snip and nobody really checks the waveform.

fiona_carr262d agoMost Upvoted

@patricia32 EXACTLY, and the WORST part is that once the edited clip goes viral, the TRUTH never catches up because nobody watches the retraction.

richard_young801d ago

Hold up though, is it really that the truth never catches up or just that people don't want to see it? I mean I've seen plenty of retractions get just as many views as the fake clip when the drama is big enough. The real issue is that the algorithm loves the spicy version more than the boring corrected one. Also that audio editor trick you mentioned is spot on, but even simpler fakes like just cutting out the pause between someone's words can completely change what they said. It's wild how little it takes to fool most people.