No, Joe Biden is not using a teleprompter in an interview
By
Meg Kelly
September 23, 2020 at 4:57 p.m. CDT
“Unreal!”
— Eric Trump, in a tweet, Sept. 23, 2020
President Trump’s son shared a meme suggesting that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden had been “caught red-handed using a teleprompter” during a recent interview. The evidence? A clip from Joe Biden’s Sept. 15 interview with Telemundo in which, according to the meme, Biden says, “Okay, I lost that line.”
The meme bolsters a narrative the Trump campaign has been running for months: that Joe Biden, who turns 78 in November, is losing it, and so he needs a teleprompter. A recent Trump campaign ad titled “Joe’s Teleprompter” is centered on this precise topic.
The campaign has previously employed questionable tactics — including using manipulated video and out-of-context statements — as evidence of Biden’s alleged senility. In this instance, Telemundo denied that Biden used a teleprompter, tweeting, “Noticias Telemundo has never allowed someone who is being interviewed on its news programs to read answers from a teleprompter which would be a clear violation of its editorial policies and standards.”
So what happened? Let’s review the tape.
The Facts
The meme Eric Trump tweeted has two components: a clip from a recent Biden interview and text that appears to put that clip in context. Above the video, in large font, the text reads, “Biden caught red-handed using a teleprompter.” Below is what appears to be a quote from Biden’s interview (and evidence of teleprompter use), “Ok, I lost that line.”
More:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/23/no-joe-biden-is-not-using-teleprompter-an-interview/
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