Fox News Doctored Clips of Obama's Visit to the White House to Make It Seem Like Biden Was Lost

[ificandream]

Source: Rolling Stone/Ryan Bort

Barack Obama visited the White House for the first time since he left office on Tuesday. He was there to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, as well as to watch President Biden sign an executive order aimed at improving the law. Obama’s return created plenty of commotion, and for Fox News and the rest of the right-wing ecosphere, a fresh opportunity to cast Biden as a weaker, watered-down version of the former president.

The Republican National Committee shared two clips of the visit that quickly went viral. The first shows an ostensibly confused Biden ambling around the stage as Obama holds court behind him. The second is similar, with Biden standing on the periphery as Obama greets well wishers.

The clips even made it onto the Fox News primetime slate. “Biden doesn’t know what on earth he’s doing or, at times, where he even is,” Lauran Ingraham said as she played the first clip. Tucker Carlson played the second, along with a “King Obama” graphic depicting the former president wearing a crown and a menacing scowl. “Make it stop,” Carlson said. “It’s awful.”

The only problem is that both clips were taken out of context. Biden does look a little confused in the first clip, but it’s only because he’s looking for someone, perhaps Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, whom he brings up onstage to applause shortly after the conservative media cut ends. The second clip ends right before Biden gets Obama’s attention and introduces him to someone. Twitter user @acyn helpfully attached the full clips to the end of the Fox News segments lambasting the edited versions.



Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/fox-news-obama-white-house-visit-biden-1333556/

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And Fox has the gall to call themselves "journalists". They wouldn't know journalism if it bit them on the ass. The right-wing media will use any trick to further their memes about Biden. Someone should let them know he's a stronger leader than Trumpty Dumpty ever was.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. When are bald-faced lies defamation?

[hadEnuf]

2. Fox are flat-out liars. There are no other words for it.

Trick video editing put together to tell a completely different story as to what officially happened.

Why is this blatant BS even being allowed to be shown as journalism?

[Jack-o-Lantern]

3. Tfucker is an enemy and a danger to this country and should be delt with accordingly.

[kacekwl]

4. The same clip is being played on

local news here in Chicago area.

[usaf-vet]

5. This is the way repugs think presidents should behave. Arrogant a$$.

[KPN]

6. This stuff ought to be illegal when it comes from any entity that

presents itself as a news or journalism commentary source. It’s called intentional false news — or propaganda. Doctoring video to manipulate perception is intentional deception to mislead and present a false impression, conclusion or fact. There should be clear laws differentiating between free speech and dissemination of falsehoods, lies, disinformation, misinformation, and doctored images by news and journalistic broadcast sources.

[Martin68]

7. There otter be a law...

[Evolve Dammit]

8. It ceases to be "reporting" when it is fabrication. What does FCC do? Any other agency??

[Stuart G]

9. Fox News....F**ks the news, not some of the time...BUT ALL OF THE TIME!!!

[Traildogbob]

10. Messaging

Did anyone see the movie type trailer on MSNBC last night during Rachael hour about a documentary called Rigged Election 2022 with all the superstars like Trump, CONway, Cruz, Graham, Hawley, ah hell you know all the actors. It was made to look like the summer blockbuster with all the bells and whistles. First, WTAF MSNBC? And when is the damn far left liberal Hollywood, Going to do a production exposing the pure, raw, runny smelly Bull shit criminals that is the GQP? Damnit the plot is rich with all these lying Russian puppets, begging to be seen. Come on Rob Reiner, Ken Burns, counter this RW media bullshit.

[Rebl2]

13. I didn't

see it, but you are correct. We need Rob Reiner, Ron Howard, Ken Burns and many more to do the same thing!

[Traildogbob]

14. Oh yea,

Ron Howard. The documentary trailer looked like some kind of brain washing Stolen Election alternative facts bull shit. Made me sick, neatly threw a bottle at the TV. And to play it in Rachel’s slot. We need the shorts, posted here by the ex repug groups to be shown right in the middle of Hannity and the screeching howler, Ingraham, slots, but it will never happen. Murdock owns the brains of 1/3 of this country. “Brains”? Who the hell are we kidding, zombies ate em up, and that’s why zombies are always skinny, starving to death.

[Mc Mike]

11. While their hero, shitler, constantly wandered aimlessly around.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=trump+wanders+around+youtube&va=z&t=hr&ia=web

Never heard any criticism of his actual diminished mental faculties, as opposed to their screaming and crying about their faked display of Joe's 'confusion'.

[Joinfortmill]

12. We need to shut them down, seriously.

There must be a way.

[soldierant]

15. "Someone should let them know he's a stronger leader than Trumpty Dumpty ever was."

oh, they know. They know very well. That's why they work so durned hard to make it look otherwise/

[Midnight Writer]

16. At least he wasn't trailing 6 feet of toilet paper off his shoe.

[yaesu]

17. When will the US ban this destructive putin network like Canada has done. nt

[mtngirl47]

18. Kimmell also showed Biden wandering around alone

while Obama was surrounded by people.