‘Cheap Fakes’: White House Slams Viral Biden Age Videos, Credits Conservative Outlet For Calling Them Out
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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre fumed at the viral clips circulating social media that are often selectively edited to make President Joe Biden look senile, dubbing them “cheap fakes.”
“There seems to be a sort of a rash of videos that have been edited to make the president appear especially frail or mentally confused. I’m wondering if the White House is especially worried about the fact that this appears to be a pattern that we’re seeing more,” asked a White House reporter during Monday’s briefing.
“Yeah. We, and I think you all have called this the ‘cheap fakes video,’ and that’s exactly what they are. They are cheap fakes video,” Jean-Pierre began, quoting from a Washington Post headline from last week.
“They are done in bad faith. And, some of your news organizations, have, have been very clear, have stressed that these right-wing, the right-wing critics of the president have a credibility problem, because the fact-checkers have repeatedly caught them pushing misinformation, disinformation,” she continued, adding:
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