Headline Roundup September 29, 2020
Right-Rated Media Focuses on Biden Earpiece Story; Less Covered by Left and Center
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CLEVELAND -- President Trump is asking for an additional ground rule ahead of Tuesday nightβs first presidential debate between himself and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. But the Biden campaign is rejecting it.
Fox News has learned that the presidentβs 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...
Ahead of Tuesdayβs 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. Bidenβs campaign had refused a request from the Trump campaign to allow a third party to inspect both candidatesβ ears for hidden earpiece receivers before the debate.
βIf Joe Biden isnβt hiding anything,β wrote the conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Twitter, βwhy wonβt he consent to a third...
Joe Bidenβs (D) team has reportedly rejected the Trump campaignβs request to have the former vice presidentβs ears inspected for an electronic device prior to Tuesday nightβs debate despite agreeing to the proposal just days ago.
President Trumpβs 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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