CNN Fact-Checker Spots 'Most Egregious Example Yet' Of A Deceptive Donald Trump Ad
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Daniel Dale flagged the "incredibly obvious" spin.
CNN fact-checking reporter Daniel Dale on Tuesday exposed the latest instance of what he described as the Donald Trump campaign’s “habit of deceptively using quotes in its TV ads, cutting out words and taking stuff way out of context.”
A new pro-Trump spot was “the most egregious example yet,” Dale wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
Dale noted in a thread on the Elon Musk-owned platform how the video “purports to quote the New York Times as writing, ‘Harris is seeking to significantly raise taxes,‘” when the Times’ article actually read, “Harris is seeking to significantly raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans and large corporations.”
The journalist also flagged how a CBS News report on Harris vowing to keep President Joe Biden’s border crackdown was shortened by Trump’s team to say, “Harris vows to keep Biden’s border.”
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