President Donald Trump was hit with another āmanipulated Mediaā tag this week after sharing a doctored video of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
In the misleading video, Biden approached the podium and pulls out his phone, moments later, he appears to play the NWA song āF*** Tha Policeā, which begins āf*** the police, coming straight from the underground.ā
Moments later, Biden pauses the song and says, āI tell you what, if I had the talent of any one of these people, Iād be elected president by acclamation.ā
Trump wrote along with the repost, āChina is drooling. They canāt believe this!ā
In reality, Biden played the song āDespacitoā after being introduced by Luis Fonsi, who sings that song.
This is not the first time that Trump or his campaign have been tagged as āmanipulated Mediaā on Twitter. In late August, the Trump campaign Twitter account posted a clip of Biden saying āyou wonāt be safe in Joe Bidenās America.ā Twitter tagged that clip as āmanipulated Media.ā
In June, Trump posted a video that was doctored to look like a clip from CNN. The chyron in that video was faked and Twitter added a āmanipulated Mediaā tag. The video was removed after a complaint from the copyright owner.
Twitter and other social Media networks have faced barrages of criticism after the 2016 elections in which fake news became a constant problem on the platforms. Twitter has since added a fact-checking feature to some of Trumpās tweets, specifically his misleading tweets about mail-in voting.
Additionally, Facebook has begun adding an information label to some of Trumpās statements on the platform about mail-in voting.
And the social Media giant has added explanations to other doctored videos, including one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), which was slowed to make it look as if Pelosi were drunk or drugged.