Some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week are completely bogus, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
CLAIM: Video footage and photos from the presidential debate show that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was wearing a wire.
THE FACTS: The images viewed up close and from different angles show a crease in Biden’s shirt and rosary beads that he wears to honor his late son.
On Tuesday night, posts circulated on social media with low quality footage from the debate falsely suggesting that the former vice president wore a wire under his jacket.
The 14-second clip was widely shared across social media platforms including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and TikTok. The grainy video was viewed more than 2 million times on Twitter and more than 290,000 times on Facebook by Wednesday morning.
The video was promoted by pro-Trump and conservative-leaning pages and groups on Facebook and trended on Twitter with the hashtag #JoeWired, with more than 60,000 tweets. “I REST MY CASE! Biden is WEARING a WIRE in the FIRST 2020 debate,” one post on Facebook said.
Several recordings from multiple media outlets show a clearer view of the moment where Biden adjusts his suit jacket, revealing a crease on his shirt, not a wire.
While some posts zoomed in on Biden’s shirt near his lapel to make the false claim, others used photos or videos that captured something sticking out from under his shirt cuff.
In fact, Biden was wearing his late son Beau’s rosary beads on his wrist. Photos and video from the debate show the rosary peeking out of his cuff.
Biden’s campaign confirmed to The Associated Press that the Democratic presidential candidate wore the rosary last night at the debate.
“I have not taken off the rosary Beau was wearing when he passed since then but it’s my connection with him,” Biden said in a 2017 interview with Megyn Kelly on “Today.”
In recent weeks, posts online have circulated falsely claiming that Biden is using a teleprompter to be fed information during interviews and town halls to paint the picture that Biden is unfit for office.
— Associated Press writer Beatrice Dupuy reported from New York.
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