The New York Times published a fact check on President Biden’s “false stories” on Sunday, describing them as stories that “stretch the truth or are outright lies” and asserting that former President Trump has a “stream of lies.”
Through a fact check, reporter Linda Qiu said, “According to President Biden, he was a teenage civil rights activist, a former truck driver, the first in his family to go to college, and the nephew of a cannibalism victim.” “All of these claims stretch the truth or are outright false. But Mr. Biden continues to tell personal stories, using rhetorical flourish and factual freedom when working the room or entertaining audiences.”
“Despite Mr. Biden’s tendency to exaggerate details when recounting episodes of his life, these autobiographical embellishments add to the stream of lies about a stolen election engineered by his opponent, former President Donald J. Trump,” the fact check said. “The scale and meaning are different from the previous ones,” he said through a fact check. continued.
She wrote that Biden often tries to connect with different audiences through “hyperbole,” claiming in a speech he gave at West Point that he was nominated by his first Republican opponent, former Senator Caleb Boggs, to attend the U.S. Naval Academy . Delaware Senate Race.
The Times noted that it could not verify this claim.
Biden said at an event with union members in April that he used to drive an 18-wheeler.
The New York Times on Sunday published a scathing fact-check of President Biden’s “false story.” (Main: (Photo by Kena Betancur/VIEWpress) Original: (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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The media also quoted Biden’s statement that he participated in the civil rights movement.
“For decades, Mr. Biden has occasionally suggested that he played a larger role in the civil rights movement than he actually did. There is corroboration that Mr. Biden has participated in several desegregation events, but he also claims that he did not consider himself “There is no evidence that any activist who participated in this movement has been arrested,” he said.
Biden’s suggestion that his uncle was eaten by cannibals was also mentioned under the subhead: “Stories too good to be true.”
The Times reported that the story was “not supported by military records or anthropologists.”
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at the Martin Luther King Recreation Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The fact-check follows reports of tensions between the White House and The New York Times.
The media outlet pointed out Biden’s lack of media access last April and argued that this sets a bad precedent.
The White House pointed to the same statement provided to the Times by Fox News Digital.
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“President Biden has brought honesty and integrity back to the Oval Office. As he promised, he prides himself on being honest with the country about his agenda and values, including giving the American people the truth straight from their shoulders and sharing their life experiences. “It’s something that has shaped his outlook and resonates with hard-working people,” White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement.
