I was on YouTube yesterday when I encountered an eye-popping short–Joe Biden announcing that he will not run for re-election.
Wow! Ya don’t say? Tell me more! Crikey, I heard it clear as a bell! “I will not seek re-election…” It sure looked and sounded genuine to me.
I looked all over, but this story was not to be found on any of a dozen news sites. I went back to YouTube and the short wasn’t there anymore. And it was removed from “History,” too.
There wasn’t any “more.” There wasn’t even what I’d started with. Gone as if it had never been. I guess YouTube took it down.
I am trying to imagine an America where doddering, corrupt Joe Biden steps down and he is replaced as president by Kacklin’ Kamala, the diversity hire vice president. I’m a professional fantasy writer, so I should be able to imagine this. Edgar Allan Poe could have imagined it. H.P. Lovecraft could’ve. But I would rather not.
One of these days a YouTube hoax is going to sprout wings and hurt somebody.