The press is not the enemy of the people, but I will be damned if it does not act like it sometimes.

The Daily Beast published a hit piece this weekend outing a private citizen whom it accuses of producing a hoax video. The viral clip purports to show House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in a moment of inebriation. The footage, though widely circulated, is fake — it has been slowed deliberately to give the appearance of intoxication. But that has not stopped it from being shared by thousands of social media users, including by former New York City Mayor and presidential attorney Rudy Giuliani.