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Video spreading on social media of a simple crease on Joe Biden’s shirt is fueling a conspiracy theory about Tuesday’s debate.
I met some Trump supporters in Duluth, Minnesota yesterday.
Full video here: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/tech/biden-debate-wire-conspiracy/index.html
I met some Trump supporters in Duluth, Minnesota yesterday.
Full video here: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/tech/biden-debate-wire-conspiracy/index.html
The video has been thoroughly debunked in multiple fact-checks and is labeled on Facebook as false -- but many Trump supporters I spoke to don't trust Facebook's fact-checkers -- just like they don't trust mainstream media. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/tech/biden-debate-wire-conspiracy/index.html
Meanwhile on Twitter, this version of the video @oneunderscore__ flagged now has more than 4 million views -- Twitter said it isn't against its rules and didn't say it was going to do anything about it. https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1311385210370449408
YouTube pointed out it links to some fact-checks in search results -- but one lady I met at the Trump rally had been sent a YouTube version of the video directly by a friend. So she would not have seen the link to the fact-check in search.
Fact Check: Biden Was NOT Wearing A Wire During Presidential Debate; It's a Shirt Crease https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/09/fact-check-biden-was-not-wearing-a-wire-during-presidential-debtate-its-a-shirt-crease.html
