CBS News was forced to remove a video claiming that Joe Biden wandering off at the G7 Summit in Italy was an example of a “cheap fake.”
The White House claimed the video was taken out of context, accusing Republicans of creating cheap fake videos to show he has cognitive problems.
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JUST IN: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says videos of Biden freezing and appearing confused are "cheap fakes video."
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 17, 2024
Don't believe your own eyes, folks.
Pierre said right-wingers who are sharing these videos have a "credibility problem."
"I think you all have… pic.twitter.com/F4Au9ReAY8
CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes used Biden’s appearance at the G7 as an example of such “cheap fakes.”
“Outlets claimed that he was sort of just aimlessly wandering away,” Cordes said.
“The clip amassed millions of views …, when actually if you widen out, you can see that he was talking to one of the members of the military that was participating in that demonstration,” she added.
However, the problem with the “digitally altered video” CBS used alongside the actual one is that they are both exactly the same.
As we reported last week, Biden did, in fact, wander off while the other world leaders stuck together for a photo op as Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni went to retrieve Biden – despite what the media would have you believe.
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BREAKING: @CBSNews falsely claims that raw footage of Joe Biden at the G7 was "DIGITALLY ALTERED."
— Andrew @ Don’t Walk, RUN! (@DontWalkRUN) June 19, 2024
Here is a video comparing the "cheap fake" with the raw footage. Please note that they are EXACTLY THE SAME! pic.twitter.com/41AwLVC32Z
In a later post on X, CBS acknowledged its mistake in the video comparison and confirmed that it had removed the earlier version.
“An earlier post was removed as it included the wrong version of a video. This version has been updated to include the correct clip and label on the edited video,” the news outlet said.
CBS News labels the clip a “digitally altered video” but it’s the exact version shared by the White House – https://t.co/7YT3DKUGfI
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) June 19, 2024
Just stunning misinformation and gaslighting… https://t.co/3PKHqIWZv7
In the new video, the paratrooper is blurred out. But rather than labeling it “digitally altered,” CBS called it an” edited clip.”
The question is, who did the editing?
An earlier post was removed as it included the wrong version of a video. This version has been updated to include the correct clip and label on the edited video.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 19, 2024
Another incident of what the White House described as a “cheap fake” video was when Biden froze at a Los Angeles fundraiser on Saturday before former president Barack Obama led him off the stage.
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Joe Biden appears to freeze at his LA fundraiser. Has to be led off stage by Obama. pic.twitter.com/iUKALvdqPD
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) June 16, 2024
Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier said of the incident that “here was nothing fake about former President Obama reaching over to President Biden’s wrist and kind of tugging him to go.”
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The media and the White House are desperately trying to spin their way out of solid evidence showing that the president of the United States is, in fact, an incompetent old man who doesn’t know where he is.
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