Fox News Doctored Clips of Obama’s Visit to the White House to Make It Seem Like Biden Was Lost
By: Ryan Bort
Fox News is fake news. Fox News is pure Retrumplican propaganda . The idiots who watch Fox don't know the truth. The latest Fox propaganda is designed to make President Biden appear to be senile. Fox uses careful editing to give the illusion that Biden is an old incompetent man who is not qualified to run the government.
Fucker Carlson, who has the highest rated show on Fox, is a Russian asset. Like Trump, Carlson praises Putin. Clips from Carlson's show are regularly featured on Russian state TV. And, conversely, Carlson frequently uses Russian talking points on his show. Several Retrumplican politicians also use Russian talking points.
North Carolina Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn recently called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a "thug" and the Ukrainian government "incredibly evil," criticizing the country and its leader as Russia invades it. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/10/politics/madison-cawthorn-volodymyr-zelensky-comments/index.html
Fucker Carlson is a Russian asset. Fox News is also a Russian asset. Several popular talking heads on Fox are also trying to minimize Russia's war crimes. Fox propaganda about President Biden is designed to influence their idiotic viewers and to please Putin. Fortunately, Carlson has zero credibility with intelligent people.
Fox News won a court case by 'persuasively' arguing that no 'reasonable viewer' takes Tucker Carlson seriously
- A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against Fox News after lawyers for the network argued that no "reasonable viewer" would take the network's primetime star Tucker Carlson seriously.
- The former Playboy model Karen McDougal filed a defamation suit against Fox alleging that Carlson slandered her during a December 2018 episode of his show, "Tucker Carlson Tonight."
- The network asked a judge to dismiss the case, arguing that "Carlson's statements were not statements of fact and that she failed adequately to allege actual malice."
- The judge agreed with Fox's premise, adding that the network "persuasively argues" that "given Mr. Carlson's reputation, any reasonable viewer 'arrive[s] with an appropriate amount of skepticism' about the statements he makes."
- Carlson has long made racist and controversial statements as a primetime host on Fox News and has lost several advertisers because of it. https://www.businessinsider.com/fox-news-karen-mcdougal-case-tucker-carlson-2020-9
No "reasonable viewer" takes Fox News seriously.
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Fox News Doctored Clips of Obama’s Visit to the White House to Make It Seem Like Biden Was Lost
Barack Obama visited the White House for the first time since he left office on Tuesday. He was there to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, as well as to watch President Biden sign an executive order aimed at improving the law. Obama’s return created plenty of commotion, and for Fox News and the rest of the right-wing ecosphere, a fresh opportunity to cast Biden as a weaker, watered-down version of the former president.
The Republican National Committee shared two clips of the visit that quickly went viral. The first shows an ostensibly confused Biden ambling around the stage as Obama holds court behind him. The second is similar, with Biden standing on the periphery as Obama greets well wishers
The clips even made it onto the Fox News primetime slate. “Biden doesn’t know what on earth he’s doing or, at times, where he even is,” Lauran Ingraham said as she played the first clip. Tucker Carlson played the second, along with a “King Obama” graphic depicting the former president wearing a crown and a menacing scowl. “Make it stop,” Carlson said. “It’s awful.”
The only problem is that both clips were taken out of context. Biden does look a little confused in the first clip, but it’s only because he’s looking for someone, perhaps Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, whom he brings up onstage to applause shortly after the conservative media cut ends. The second clip ends right before Biden gets Obama’s attention and introduces him to someone. Twitter user @acyn helpfully attached the full clips to the end of the Fox News segments lambasting the edited versions.
Newsmax got in on the action, too. The network on Tuesday ran a “PRESIDENT OBAMA 2.0” graphic along with a bizarre chyron about how Biden and Obama are “beta males.” It also showed the clips, both with similar deceptive edits. “At one point he’s just walking aimlessly through the room,” an on-air commentator said on Wednesday morning. “It’s really sad. He doesn’t know where to go.”
“This is a lost old man. This is when I pulled out the 25th Amendment,” another added before arguing that the 25th Amendment, which allows for the removal of the president from office if they’re unable to discharge their duties, could be in play before 2024. “I believe it is if the evidence continues to mount that President Biden is actually incapable of performing his job,” she said.
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I invited Fucker Carlson to comment on this topic butt, unfortunately his nose was stuck in Trump's ass so he won't be available until firefighters use the "jaws of life" to help with the extraction.
Yeah, but Curly was acting
Jeez, talk about moobs! Someone hand that man a Spanx waist minimizer with the with the built-in boob up-lift feature...and be quick about it.
As I've said many times, granpappy told me to not believe anything I hear or read and only half of what I see, but those were the days before photoshopping and digital video editing, so now the only thing anyone can believe is what they see with their own two eyes, and even then one can't be so sure. For national and international political reasons disinformation has become the rule and the belief in it and propounding of it is now a mental disease that pervades worse than a covid pandemic.
No wonder our best, most qualified, honest people rarely run for public office.
Tucker and MTG are two dimwits and make Boris and Natasha look brilliant.
Edited ≠ Doctored, but then I know for some people, words don’t mean what they mean anymore.
So, still don't care?
No. We aren’t even talking about it.
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This is how a public forum works.
You flatter yourself.
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You mean like Liberal =Truth is not true?
No, more like Trumpeon's "Alternative Facts"...
That some CNN / MSNBC level fiction there.
Liberal = Truth/Reality
That some CNN / MSNBC level fiction there.
Was CNN or MSNBC got caught red handed pushing fake shit unworthy of any respect?
Like Fox News has been? Deplorable Stuff!
Have you not been paying attention since 2016?
You don't remember Kelly's "alternative facts" sound byte?
Refresh my memory.
So with that, it can't be applied to CNN or MSNBC? is that what you're trying to tell me?
You weren't always such a . . . .
Aww . . . Am I not fitting into someone’s box again?
Do you favor "Trusted News Organizations" utilizing fake doctored possibly foreign sources footage of our American leaders?
What do you mean by “doctored?” To me, it means they changed the image. Like, if they made Biden look like Dick Clark, or had him walking on the Moon, that would be “doctored.” If what they showed was real, you could argue it was unfairly edited, but it hasn’t been doctored.
I think that is a little bit of hair splitting. When you show an excerpt of a video , and end it a second or two before something that comes on the video proves your argument completely wrong, I think something was doctored. How about the truth was doctored. Is that better for you?
Then use the right word to describe what really happened. If you have to lie and exaggerate using the wrong word, then maybe it’s not as big a deal as you make it out to be. Furthermore, by playing fast and loose with the definition of words in this way, you become the very thing you accuse FoxNews of being.
Criticism or rebuttal that is honest would be better for me.
I'm laughing too hard.
Why are you nitpicking what term is used? Did the use of the wrong term make the point uncipherable ?
Sounds more like you dont want to discuss the fact that Fox News misrepresented the video.
Why are you? Why can’t you admit that “doctored” is the wrong word because the video was not, in fact, doctored?
Not at all. But we can’t even get to that discussion because people like you insist on saying the video was doctored - when it wasn’t.
Okay, the video was unfairly edited to portray Biden as lost/confused.
The word 'doctored' does have a broad definition (quite a few synonyms for the root verb 'doctor' including 'tamper with' and 'change'). But hopefully JR will be able to accept 'unfairly edited'.
I am not disputing the contention that "doctored" may not quite be the word that describes the Fox News video, but neither is the video the opposite of "doctored". Given that fact I dont see the point in making a big deal about what word someone used.
Obviously
It does not seem that the word choice made any difference to the concept. Both you and Tacos! seem to agree that the video was altered to present a particular negative perception of Biden.
The whole video is x amount of minutes. Fox News "altered" those minutes into a shorter version which deliberately left out footage that showed Biden in a better light.
I just dont think its worth debating whether or not that constitutes "doctoring". Technically it may not, but I think its almost a difference without a distinction.
Many people and actions are worthy of legitimate criticism, but too often those people or actions are characterized as something much worse than is warranted, which damages the credibility of even the impulse to criticize.
Because if the truth were enough, people would stick to that. Instead, they engage in a campaign of character assassination. Victory - not truth - becomes the goal. As I said above, when you (or anyone else) engages in this practice, you become everything you say you hate about FoxNews.
Exactly right with regards to this 'article'. The likes of something you have never seen in a president. . . . .
regarding this doctored video
pretty much my reason for existence in the 70's...
WOW, I haven't seen so many triggered people since....well, since Trump won the 2016 election. Although I agree Fox edited the tape(something that all news, especially cable news, does on a daily basis) the unedited version of the events does not make Biden look much better. He still looks like a lost little boy that no one cares about.
Any one of us could be followed around by a video camera at a party or gathering like this and a great percentage would look "clueless" or lost for a moment or two. The full length video that CB posted yesterday showed Biden engaging with any number of people, and in fact there were people that went up to him to engage with him. So for a few moments he looked alone. BFD. The complaints are ridiculous.
Probably so he wouldn't embarrass them or himself any more. reality is the only way that is going to happen is an admission into "Shady Pines"
I always find it interesting that different people can look at the same thing and have entirely different conclusions of what they saw. For instance some people can look at burning buildings and see a riot and others look at the same thing and see mostly peaceful. In this case some people see a doddering old fool and others see him working the room. And someplace in the middle is the truth.
I see Obama in the spotlight and Joe being a bit forgotten. It should not come as a surprise considering how revered Obama is that Joe would be second fiddle for the night. What is funny is how the right makes an issue out of something that is to be expected and the left comes to the rescue to say Nope, what you saw is not what happened at all.
Obama despises Biden..
“And someplace in the middle is the truth.”
In all things…every time, every place.
Too often ignored in the rush to place blame, pass judgment, or make a specious point.
Interesting, I thought that was coming across in some the proceedings, starting with the "joke" of calling him the vice president. Obama is smart enough to know that would be problematic yet chose to do it anyway.
It seems people hide behind the phrase "my truth" and confuse it with "the truth".
“It seems people hide behind the phrase "my truth" and confuse it with "the truth".”
Constantly.
Ignorance is bliss, and the fear is palpable.
Let me take a video of you at a work gathering for 10 or 15 minutes and I guarantee I will find something on that video to criticize you with.
The FACT is right wing media has distorted the meaning of the footage of Biden. That is fact, not opinion. In one clip they purport to show Biden wandering aimlessly when the full video shows he was looking for someone in particular he wanted to bring onstage. In the second clip Biden is supposedly being ignored when he was standing behind a jovial Obama when in reality Biden was waiting for the opportunity to tell Obama that he had someone he wanted him to meet.
Reality and right wing media have never made acquaintance.
No, the truth is the truth. Liberal=truth/reality
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yea, yea, yea
It is called creative editing and it has been done by ALL "news" media for years. When you call out both sides for the practice you might be taken a little more seriously in your outrage. Until then you just look like a partisan hack ignoring the fact the "left" media does it at least as much as the "right" media.
It is not the same thing at all.
I'm not going to comment on your blanket statements. Bring up a specific instance of the left media "creatively editing" and I will comment on it.
Your never seeing it at all only proves my point. BTW how many times has the left wing media proclaimed "this is the beginning of the end of Trump"? Often times the proclamation comes after creative editing of something he did or said
Oh but it is.
So you are either too lazy or otherwise incapable of finding an example of Left media "creatively editing". Do you need me to find one for you?
Or choice 3. Don't want to waste my time showing someone something that they refuse to see. You can't have watched years of CNN or MSNBC without it being there for you hundreds of times yet you never see it. BTW how many times has the left wing media proclaimed "this is the beginning of the end of Trump"? Often times the proclamation comes after creative editing of something he did or said
They are not hard to find..... and oldie but a goodie, NBC editing the 911 call from George Zimmerman
By their definition that's "DOCTORING" a call from George Zimmerman.
I guess it comes down to the source.
I think my favorite is Nick Sandman who sued and got a settlement from CNN due to their creative editing and narrative. Not too far behind are the people that were demonized because of creative editing and narrative where it was claimed by the media that the border patrol was using a whip on illegal alien's crossing the river only to find out they were reigns and even the person that took the video stated they were not using them as whips.
Don't forget Kyle Rittenhouse in all that as well.
Don't waste your breath. Certain posters always say they have many examples yet provide ZERO while saying you've proven their point.
Oh but it is NOT.
Yet there are 4 mentioned above that you can't see even when they are pointed out to you. Again proving the original point.
yea, yea, yea
Oh yea, there are too many to try and remember them all. Pick a day, chances are you can find several.
People can decide for themselves whether or not NBC maliciously left out the 911 dispatchers question about Martin's race.
I went back and listened to the whole call. What disturbs me is that the dispatcher never asked Zimmerman why he was stalking someone who wasnt committing any crime.
Zimmerman tells the dispatcher that it is raining and implies that anyone walking in the rain in the dark must be up to no good. There is no evidence that Trayvon Martin was up to no good prior to him going to confront the person who had been stalking him through the rainy night.
The bottom line is that main-stream media cannot be trusted to report truthfully on everything. They ALL will selectively edit footage to "prove" their point and slant their reporting on their own bias. Some reporters are better than others at hiding their bias and a few will actually report almost bias-free (but those are the exceptions unfortunately).
When Fox showed the "edited" video of Biden the other day, the Fox hosts explicitly attacked Biden as being "lost" and "confused" when the full video showed a different picture.
Whether or not the NBC version of the 911 call was unfair to Zimmerman is quite debatable.
Oh come on, NBC admitted they did it.
You can try to hide behind it but the simple fact is that once again main-stream media was caught selectively editing something to help paint the picture they wanted to portray rather than just report the facts. Your comment about how people can decide for themselves is crap IMO because people have been trained to believe their own bias and accept what they believe to be true. We see it over and over every day even on this site. You are doing it now with the last line you entered in the above comment. You can deny it but it's obvious that it's your bias.
No, no, no
Yes, I agree with your statement on what Fox news was doing. I feel your bias is preventing you from viewing the Zimmerman issue in a neutral light.
What about the CNN edits of Nick Sandman? What are your thoughts on that?
So glad you agree.
You have provided ZERO examples of what we are talking about.
Exactly, what is amazing is that some people continue to insist only the other guys do it and their side only reports the facts and would never do anything malicious to try and promote their narrative even in cases where they are caught and admit it. Unfortunately it makes it almost impossible to have a rational discussion with them.
What I am seeing more of that I find interesting is the swiping of the media outlets against other media outlets. You can't go a day without CNN and MSNBC pointing out what fox is saying (often edited with their own spin) or Fox pointing out (often edited with their own spin) the same about CNN and MSNBC. I understand it has gotten so bad one of the executives of the new owners of CNN reached out to fox and said they would be calling a cease fire. Not sure how true that is though.
yea yea yea
You can't show something to someone who refuses to see.
Nope. Faux 'news' are the only ones who do that.
You said the same nonsense to me the other day about bias. The hypocrisy is mind boggling.
NBC should not have left out the 911 dispatchers question as to Martins race, although in the big picture that question had little to do with what happened that night.
In the Biden video, the deception is the entire basis for talking about the video. Without the deception the Fox hosts would have had no reason to comment on the video.
Oh for fuck sake.. numerous examples are pointed out above and you refuse to acknowledge. CNN was sued over their selective editing of Nick Sandman and they settled rather than go to court where they could have lost much more than the settlement amount and have on public record that they did it. I don't understand how you can willfully ignore the evidence that is all around you. I think it's rather sad that you live in such a state of denial.
Got it, ignore what you don't want to answer because it blows up your narrative. Both are examples of a national news organization performing selective edits on footage to fit their bias and portray what they wanted the article to say. You can shift to a "big picture" but it's meaningless... main-stream media cannot and should not be trusted to be truthful.
It is sad. I am not sure if it is a cry for attention or if some people may consider their beliefs like a religion to be believed without question.
FOX 'doctored' Obama's WH video?
Wouldn't get into a twist over this, after all, FOX has been manipulating every video of Trump for at least six years to 'fix' his deer in the headlights look, his omnipresent scowl, his ever-leering side looks at legs and his downcast body mannerisms of obedience whenever a Russian is nearby.
LOL! Spot on re: the trumpturd.