Jordan Peele Channels President Obama in a Faux PSA About Fake News

Resurrects famously spot-on impersonation to highlight media literacy

Before he became an Academy Award-winning director, Jordan Peele was known for his pitch-perfect impersonation of former President Barack Obama as part of the Comedy Central show Key & Peele.

Now, Peele has resurrected that impersonation in a partnership between BuzzFeed and his own Monkeypaw Productions for a faux public service announce on the importance of media literacy in the era of fake news.

Technology is making it increasingly easy to spread misinformation by manipulating video and audio.

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