"In case it hasn't been obvious enough, The Morning Show makes clear in "The Revolution Will Be Televised" that the dynamic shared between the series and its audience is very much the audience going "this show is insane, what could be more batshit than this?" and The Morning Show going "hold my beer." And then it does something like have the Iranian government go after Alex Levy with deepfakes."
"Of course, it takes some time for the team at UBN to discover the Iranians have hacked into the CCTV footage of Alex trying to figure out how to help Iranian fencer Roya and her nuclear scientist dad escape the building and defect to the U.S. to make it look like Alex had planned this for them from the beginning; That she set up the interview as a cover for their defection."
The Morning Show amplifies implausible plotlines by having the Iranian government deploy deepfakes to frame Alex Levy for facilitating a defection. UBN's team slowly uncovers doctored CCTV that makes Alex appear to have arranged an interview as a cover. Key staff members react with immediate suspicion while failing to consider recent events and the technical capabilities available at UBN. Stella, the network's AI advocate, is portrayed as complicit in complacency despite leading recent AI initiatives and knowledge of past hacks. Colleagues verbally promise investigation but display readiness to fire Alex. The escalation of political intrigue and technology strains credibility while increasing viewer engagement.
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