Summary
Sixteen-year-old M.H. was excited for another year on her cheerleading squad in suburban Pennsylvania. But the year was cut short when an anonymous number texted a video of her vaping to her parents and the cheerleading coaches. Vaping was against the squad’s code of conduct. The thing was, when local police investigated, they determined that the video wasn’t of M.H. According to officials, it was a deepfake sent by another cheerleader’s mother.
****** Credits: This episode was written and produced by Dean Russell with mixing and sound design by Emily Jankowski. Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock Johnson are the co-hosts.
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| 0:11.4 | let mysteries go unsolved. |
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| 0:20.6 | WBUR Podcast Boston. |
| 0:28.2 | I would say homicides are a large portion of what I cover. |
| 0:33.2 | I also cover police must conduct cases, violent attacks, things like that. |
| 0:39.4 | So this case is a little bit of an oddball for you? |
| 0:42.2 | That yeah, certainly is unique. |
| 0:44.7 | I can't say that I've covered a deep fake case in my entire journalism career before this. |
| 0:50.0 | So it was the first time for me definitely. |
| 0:54.5 | Remember you recognize one of those voices, right? |
| 0:57.0 | I do, I do. |
| 0:58.3 | Dean Russell, our producer. |
| 1:00.7 | Extra in air. |
| 1:02.0 | Couple of months ago, Dean was talking with another journalist. |
| 1:05.5 | I am Vinnie Vella and I am a staff writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer and I cover courts |
| 1:13.1 | and crime in the suburbs around Philadelphia. |
| 1:16.9 | Vinnie Vella, which is a great name, Vinnie Vella told Dean a story about something that |
| 1:21.8 | happened in one of those suburbs in Bucks County. |
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