Democratic Primaries

RandySF

(86,231 posts) Thu Apr 2, 2020, 11:12 AM Apr 2020

Trump campaign taunts Twitter with manipulated audio of Biden calling virus a 'hoax'

President Trump’s reelection campaign tweeted out manipulated audio to make it sound like former Vice President Joe Biden called the coronavirus a “hoax” in an effort to draw attention to what it views as Twitter’s double standard in policing political speech.

The new Trump campaign video is styled after an ad released by the Democratic super PAC Priorities USA, which featured misleading audio of Trump describing the coronavirus as a “hoax.”

The president's campaign has flagged multiple Democratic videos for Twitter in which he is heard calling the coronavirus a "hoax," arguing that the content runs afoul of the social media giant’s manipulated media guidelines. Twitter has declined to sanction the Democratic ads.

In the Trump campaign ad released Thursday, Biden can be heard saying: “The coronavirus is a hoax.”

Biden never called the coronavirus a hoax. The audio is deceptively spliced together from two different times that Biden spoke.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/490755-trump-campaign-taunts-twitter-with-manipulated-audio-of-biden-calling-virus

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Trump campaign taunts Twitter with manipulated audio of Biden calling virus a 'hoax' (Original Post) RandySF Apr 2020 OP

K&R SheltieLover Apr 2020 #1

I thought twitter was going to either take this shit down or label it false. Demsrule86 Apr 2020 #2

Shameful! MineralMan Apr 2020 #3

Conduct unbecoming... BlueIdaho Apr 2020 #4

Fake audio vs read audio? zaj Apr 2020 #5

That's what happens when you run against Satan world wide wally Apr 2020 #6

Ah, the stench of desperation. Snarkoleptic Apr 2020 #7

SheltieLover

(81,712 posts)

1. K&R

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2020, 11:14 AM

Apr 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Demsrule86

(71,555 posts)

2. I thought twitter was going to either take this shit down or label it false.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2020, 11:16 AM

Apr 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

MineralMan

(151,544 posts)

3. Shameful!

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2020, 11:17 AM

Apr 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)

4. Conduct unbecoming...

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2020, 11:18 AM

Apr 2020

What a ass.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

zaj

(3,433 posts)

5. Fake audio vs read audio?

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2020, 11:19 AM

Apr 2020

This article is garbage reporting.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

world wide wally

(21,836 posts)

6. That's what happens when you run against Satan

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2020, 11:22 AM

Apr 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Snarkoleptic

(6,242 posts)

7. Ah, the stench of desperation.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2020, 11:27 AM

Apr 2020

I truly hope that there is zero grace for the Trump crime family, when Biden sits in the Oval in January.
Trumpism must be burned to the ground and the fields salted.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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