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How Cher could have responded to Caroline Leavitt (Cher did not say this!!!) ... (Original Post) marble falls Dec 21 OP
Are you sure it wasn't Bob Dylan? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 21 #1
Or Barbra Streisand? mcar Dec 21 #5
Yes, I saw the Streisand claim. hamsterjill Dec 21 #6
Too bad it's not true- mwmisses4289 Dec 21 #2
I just deleted a thread I had going on this. It's a fake story. Liberal In Texas Dec 21 #3
Meh. marble falls Dec 21 #7
Known false information SCantiGOP Dec 21 #11
meh. marble falls Dec 21 #17
Please correct or delete the OP. A "meh" response comes across as your not caring about truth or whether highplainsdem Dec 21 #18
meh. If you think this post breaks any ToS, alert on it. 55 other on this OP disagree with you. That's a lot of meh. marble falls Dec 21 #20
It's okay to love getting likes and recs. At the cost of spreading misinformation, though? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 21 #22
meh. marble falls Dec 21 #23
The odds are those 55 recs are from people who didn't know it was fake. You're making it clear you highplainsdem Dec 21 #25
meh. marble falls Dec 21 #26
Have it your way SCantiGOP Dec 21 #34
The information linked to in your OP is fake. Cher did not say the quote in the image you linked to. EarlG Dec 21 #27
With all due respect, I'll leave taking it down in your hands. marble falls Dec 21 #28
I've posted in Community Help recommending a change in the TOS to deal with the sort of problem you're highplainsdem Dec 21 #29
My policy is that fake information should be repudiated by replies within the thread EarlG Dec 21 #30
What does that mean? I know what the word means, but not what it means in this context. mahina Dec 21 #33
"Cher" helped us out in a takedown of Trump about five years ago. DFW Dec 21 #4
The story in the OP is fake. highplainsdem Dec 21 #19
I saw, thanks DFW Dec 21 #36
Wow, one tough woman, pure, devastating and appropriately disdainful. Love it. NNadir Dec 21 #8
she didn't say it tho WhiskeyGrinder Dec 21 #10
This is a fake meme. It has been thoroughly debunked by other posters in the thread. Celerity Dec 21 #12
OK. I stand corrected. It would have been nice if true. NNadir Dec 21 #14
All the fraudsters putting fake quotes in real celebrities' mouths, trying to deceive, are showing complete highplainsdem Dec 21 #21
OK. I would imagine there is some difficulty in being a celebrity, but it's something I'll never discover for myself. NNadir Dec 21 #24
Caroline Leavitt is just a nitwit who lies for Trump Jimvanhise Dec 21 #9
Why is this just like Jon Stewart's rant? NH Ethylene Dec 21 #13
Jon Stewart didn't say it, either WhiskeyGrinder Dec 21 #15
marble falls, since you know now that's a fake quote, which makes your OP misleading, please delete highplainsdem Dec 21 #16
Cher's response LetMyPeopleVote Dec 21 #31
That's fake. highplainsdem Dec 21 #32
i've always looked forward to reading your posts. but the fact that you know this is bullshit & keep doing your "meh" orleans Dec 21 #35
No fake posts, no AI, no lies. tavernier Dec 21 #37

WhiskeyGrinder

(26,371 posts)
1. Are you sure it wasn't Bob Dylan?
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 08:58 AM
Dec 21
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1179642113598591

Or Patti LaBelle? https://www.facebook.com/100093110930017/posts/sit-down-baby-girl-patti-labelle-suddenly-calls-karoline-leavitt-a-privilege-pup/666751549771870/

Or Rory McIlroy? https://www.facebook.com/61571577174576/posts/sit-down-baby-girl-privilege-puppet-hes-just-a-golfer-rory-mcilroy-silences-crit/122150470028719239/

Or any of a dozen other celebrities? https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/fact-check-cher-did-not-055832259.html

Did Cher tell Karoline Leavitt to "sit down, baby girl" after reading out her bio on MSNBC? No, that's not true: The viral story about the singer reacting to a supposed rant from Leavitt about "out-of-touch celebrities who think they can lecture America" originated on a network of websites and Facebook pages run from Vietnam. It contained verifiably false details. Dozens of versions of the story with other celebrities reading the bio also appeared online, including Barbra Streisand, Joan Baez, Ted Cruz and many others.

(snip)

The Facebook page "Venus of Sound" which was used to promote the story had a page transparency tab (archived here) indicating it was run by several people in Vietnam, among others.

The Vietnam connection is significant, since fact-checkers, including Lead Stories, have identified a major source of AI-generated false stories coming from a single operation based in that Southeast Asian country. We have published at least 70 fact-check articles in 2025 focused on this content.

highplainsdem

(60,076 posts)
18. Please correct or delete the OP. A "meh" response comes across as your not caring about truth or whether
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:12 PM
Dec 21

your OP tricks other DUers. I really don't understand why you act like you don't care that the story's fake.

marble falls

(71,104 posts)
20. meh. If you think this post breaks any ToS, alert on it. 55 other on this OP disagree with you. That's a lot of meh.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:15 PM
Dec 21

highplainsdem

(60,076 posts)
25. The odds are those 55 recs are from people who didn't know it was fake. You're making it clear you
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:30 PM
Dec 21

don't care how many people are tricked by your OP. Which shows contempt for the DUers you're now _deliberately_ tricking by not deleting or correcting that OP.

Want to rethink what you're doing here?

SCantiGOP

(14,664 posts)
34. Have it your way
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 02:57 PM
Dec 21

Putting you on Full Ignore means I won’t have to see any future purposeful false clickbaits.

EarlG

(23,380 posts)
27. The information linked to in your OP is fake. Cher did not say the quote in the image you linked to.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:41 PM
Dec 21

You can cite the TOS because you know that we have no specific content rule against posting false information on DU. But it seems to me that it should be simply taken for granted that it is good behavior, not to mention common sense, to avoid posting something fake like this. I don't think the fact that 55 people (so far) have been fooled into recommending this thread is something to be proud of. My suggestion would be to self-delete.

highplainsdem

(60,076 posts)
29. I've posted in Community Help recommending a change in the TOS to deal with the sort of problem you're
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:57 PM
Dec 21

creating with this post and refusal to correct or delete it.

EarlG

(23,380 posts)
30. My policy is that fake information should be repudiated by replies within the thread
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 01:28 PM
Dec 21

And that has been done in this thread, by myself and others. Self-deleting was a suggestion, which you are free to choose to ignore.

My opinion is that OPs who post fake information should take it upon themselves, out of respect for the community, to self-delete that fake information or post a correction to let people know that it is fake. I will say that the vast majority of the time when someone posts fake information, they do the right thing and take it down or correct it, probably because most DUers do not want to get a reputation as someone who will gladly lie to their fellow community members in order to get recs.

mahina

(20,434 posts)
33. What does that mean? I know what the word means, but not what it means in this context.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 02:25 PM
Dec 21

It is identified as incorrect information. Do you have a response to that?

Lots of people will just read the headline and walk away thinking something is true when it is not

Thanks very much.

DFW

(59,746 posts)
4. "Cher" helped us out in a takedown of Trump about five years ago.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 09:56 AM
Dec 21

Well, OK, truth be told, we "borrowed" Cher for this, but we are fairly sure it reflected/reflects her sentiments:

highplainsdem

(60,076 posts)
21. All the fraudsters putting fake quotes in real celebrities' mouths, trying to deceive, are showing complete
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:18 PM
Dec 21

contempt for those celebrities, even when they claim to be fans (like some fraudulent AI users making deepfake videos).

NNadir

(37,313 posts)
24. OK. I would imagine there is some difficulty in being a celebrity, but it's something I'll never discover for myself.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:20 PM
Dec 21

If I were a celebrity, I would expect I would generate some contempt.

Jimvanhise

(563 posts)
9. Caroline Leavitt is just a nitwit who lies for Trump
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 11:01 AM
Dec 21

She is probably one of the only Trump insiders who won't be indicted because lying and being stupid isn't a crime.

NH Ethylene

(31,294 posts)
13. Why is this just like Jon Stewart's rant?
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 11:14 AM
Dec 21

Or was that BS too? I can't imagine that she would echo his words without giving him a nod.

highplainsdem

(60,076 posts)
16. marble falls, since you know now that's a fake quote, which makes your OP misleading, please delete
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 11:38 AM
Dec 21

it or edit it, including in the subject line, to make it clear you'd been tricked by another fake.

I've seen OPs with deepfakes and fake stories hidden when the DUer didn't correct or delete them after being made aware they weren't real.

I'm not alerting on this and I hope others won't, either, but IMO you owe it to DUers to correct or delete something as misleading as that OP. As it stands, you're tricking DUers who might not see the replies and might copy that fake story elsewhere, making them look like fools.

orleans

(36,674 posts)
35. i've always looked forward to reading your posts. but the fact that you know this is bullshit & keep doing your "meh"
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 04:34 PM
Dec 21

as if you don't give a shit that some duers believe your bullshit post, you won't delete it, and won't even edit to let readers know it's complete crap is very inconsiderate and rude and shows how little you think of the rest of us. you'd rather lie to us than own up to your mistake (or just delete it!)

and what do you have against cher that you want to keep spreading this lie about her?


fuck this. you lost all credibility imo

tavernier

(14,274 posts)
37. No fake posts, no AI, no lies.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 09:50 PM
Dec 21

DU shouldn’t look like a house occupied by hoarders.

Just the facts, please.

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