A wealthy and well established radical group learned the hard way that fake videos can backfire when media friends resent being roped into a deception.  But in an era of extreme media politicization, such integrity might be hard to find if Trump were the target.  Fortunately, in this instance, electoral politics were not the issue.  Abby Ohlheiser of the Washington Post reports on a bizarre attempt to play on public sympathies with a lie.  (No, this is not about "Hands up, don't shoot.") A small grey cat, Rufus, sits on a bar stool in a kitchen. "Rufus, jump," a man says in a stern voice. Rufus looks at the stool next to his, a few feet away, and cowers. The owner sighs, walks over to the cat and instructs again. "Rufus, jump," he says, and slaps the house cat hard, in the head. The cat doesn't jump; he slaps the animal again. Finally, the cat does the trick. "Once more for the camera!" the owner...(Read Full Post)