No, Joe Biden is not using a teleprompter in an interview
By
Meg Kelly
September 23, 2020 at 4:57 p.m. CDT
Unreal!
Eric Trump, in a tweet, Sept. 23, 2020
President Trumps son shared a meme suggesting that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden had been caught red-handed using a teleprompter during a recent interview. The evidence? A clip from Joe Bidens Sept. 15 interview with Telemundo in which, according to the meme, Biden says, Okay, I lost that line.
The meme bolsters a narrative the Trump campaign has been running for months: that Joe Biden, who turns 78 in November, is losing it, and so he needs a teleprompter. A recent Trump campaign ad titled Joes Teleprompter is centered on this precise topic.
The campaign has previously employed questionable tactics including using manipulated video and out-of-context statements as evidence of Bidens alleged senility. In this instance, Telemundo denied that Biden used a teleprompter, tweeting, Noticias Telemundo has never allowed someone who is being interviewed on its news programs to read answers from a teleprompter which would be a clear violation of its editorial policies and standards.
So what happened? Lets review the tape.
The Facts
The meme Eric Trump tweeted has two components: a clip from a recent Biden interview and text that appears to put that clip in context. Above the video, in large font, the text reads, Biden caught red-handed using a teleprompter. Below is what appears to be a quote from Bidens interview (and evidence of teleprompter use), Ok, I lost that line.
More:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/23/no-joe-biden-is-not-using-teleprompter-an-interview/
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)That's all republicans have, beside cheating voters out of their ballots, that is. Republicans can't win a fair and honest election. They accuse Democrats of cheating because they don't believe we can win without it, and they do it so wantonly and constantly themselves. Everything they do, they project onto Democrats. It never occurred to them that the majority of Americans reject their fascist vision for our country.
2naSalit
(86,610 posts)At this point they're at pre-kindergarten.