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Headline Roundup September 29th, 2020

Right-Rated Media Focuses on Biden Earpiece Story; Less Covered by Left and Center

Summary from the AllSides News Team

President Donald Trump's campaign is requesting that a third party inspect he and former Vice President Joe Biden for hidden electronic earpieces before Tuesday night's presidential debate, a story being covered much more by right-rated media than by left- and center-rated media. A New York Post journalist reported via Twitter that Biden previously agreed to the request before reversing course; Trump campaign officials confirmed that, and Biden campaign officials denied it. Other reports say Biden's campaign asked Trump's to agree to adding several intermissions to the debate; Trump's campaign said it denied the request, while Biden's campaign said it didn't make such a request. Many right-rated outlets have covered the news, some framing Biden's alleged reversal as suspect. The New York Times, Washington Post and Bloomberg are some of the few left-rated sources with original reporting on the story, some of which has framed the Trump camp's requests as unnecessary and conspiratorial. Center-rated Snopes published a fact check likening the allegations against Biden to other reportedly debunked claims against Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election.

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Trump camp seeks extra debate rule: Third party inspectors to look for electronic devices in candidates' ears
Trump camp seeks extra debate rule: Third party inspectors to look for electronic devices in candidates' ears

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CLEVELAND -- President Trump is asking for an additional ground rule ahead of Tuesday night’s first presidential debate between himself and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. But the Biden campaign is rejecting it.

Fox News has learned that the president’s re-election campaign wants the Biden campaign to allow a third party to inspect the ears of each debater for electronic devices or transmitters. The president has consented to this kind of inspection, but a source said the Biden campaign has declined the ear check.

The Trump campaign, in the hours...

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The Long History of ‘Hidden Earpiece’ Conspiracy Theories
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Ahead of Tuesday’s presidential debate, rumors began spreading among right-wing influencers and Trump campaign surrogates that Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic nominee, was being outfitted with a hidden earpiece in order to receive surreptitious help during the debate, and that Mr. Biden’s campaign had refused a request from the Trump campaign to allow a third party to inspect both candidates’ ears for hidden earpiece receivers before the debate.

“If Joe Biden isn’t hiding anything,” wrote the conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Twitter, “why won’t he consent to a third...

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Joe Biden Reverses Course, Declines to Have Ears Inspected Pre-Debate Despite Agreeing Days Ago
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Joe Biden’s (D) team has reportedly rejected the Trump campaign’s request to have the former vice president’s ears inspected for an electronic device prior to Tuesday night’s debate despite agreeing to the proposal just days ago.

President Trump’s campaign has requested that a third party inspect the ears of both candidates for listening devices ahead of the first presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio. While Trump has agreed to the request, the Biden campaign, at the time of this writing, has reportedly declined the request. That represents a drastic shift for...

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