But what’s as troubling as the Daily Beast tracking this guy down is Facebook giving them his private information. And the author of the DB article is this guy, Kevin Paulson, convicted hacker.
Via BPR:
The Daily Beast published a report on Saturday that claims to identify the source of the viral “drunk” Nancy Pelosi speech that was in fact altered to show her slurring her words. Nothing like some crack investigative reporting to help rid the world of perps who subject the world to fake news. Oh wait … that may not be the angle that works best for liberal news outlets.
The viral video was tracked back to Shawn Brooks, a sports blogger and forklift driver from the Bronx, who initially posted a different, authentic clip of Pelosi stammering as she often does on his personal Facebook page. He asked in connection with that video, “Is Pelosi drunk?”
Minutes later, a different video of Pelosi that was stealthily edited, was added to a Facebook page called Politics WatchDog that Brooks operates, according to The Beast article. That video was doctored to slow her speech without lowering the pitch of her voice. In effect, it gives the appearance of the Speaker of the House being amusingly intoxicated. You can watch that video here …