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South Park’ Episode Tackles AI Deepfakes and Explicit White House Satire, Prompting Strong Viewer Reaction

Creators frame the season as commentary on politics becoming pop culture.

Overview

  • Season 28’s “Sora Not Sorry” premiered Nov. 12 on Comedy Central and began streaming on Paramount+ the next morning.
  • The episode’s central plot follows students misusing OpenAI’s Sora 2 to create revenge-style deepfakes, overwhelming adults trying to separate fact from fiction.
  • A graphic political set piece drew widespread social-media disgust and disbelief, according to posts cited by multiple outlets.
  • The storyline critiques IP opt-out policies and highlights how compromising videos can be waved off as AI fabrications.
  • Trey Parker and Matt Stone say the focus reflects politics as pop culture, with new episodes scheduled for Nov. 26 and Dec. 10.