CAMPAIGN/CORONAVIRUS/JOE BIDEN/TWITTER: “The Trump campaign on Tuesday asked Twitter to label a video posted by Joe Biden’s campaign as manipulated media over a clip that they say takes President Trump’s words out of context and has been repeatedly fact-checked as incorrect manipulation, but the company declined to do so, according to emails obtained by Fox News.
The video purports to contrast what Trump says in public versus in private on the coronavirus, accusing him of lying to the public. One of the examples of Trump’s public comments in the video is from a Feb. 28 campaign rally at which Trump appears to be calling the coronavirus a hoax…
And after a request from the Trump campaign to label the video as manipulated, Twitter declined to do so, according to emails obtained by Fox News. Twitter confirmed to Fox News that it will not be labeling the video as manipulated media.”
-Tyler Olson, “Trump campaign asks Twitter to mark Biden coronavirus ad as manipulated media, but company refuses,” foxnews.com, Sep. 16, 2020