Howie Kurtz ripped “misleading” protection of a cheapfake picture of President Joe Biden watching a skydiving present next week, including Fox’s.
The president walked away from the group to thank a skydiver who was packing his hose, according to the RNC Research accounts. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni pointed to a part of the skydiving team as they addressed the party of world leaders before taking Biden’s arm.
The New York Post then posted a version of the video that was cropped vertically so that the skydiver Biden was congratulating did n’t appear in the video.
On this year ‘s , MediaBuzzFNC” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>edition , of Fox News Channel ‘s , MediaBuzz, Kurtz challenged the policy, including the method Fox News hosts like Sean Hannity followed the RNC’s result:
KURTZ: When President Biden was at the G7 in Italy, where he announced the U. S. and Europe would offer Volodymyr Zelenskyy a$ 50 billion product to fight Russia, the RNC posted a false video titled, what is Biden doing, appearing to show the President straying off from the assembled officials, talking to no one. And that wound up on the handle of” The New York Post”,” Meander in Chief”. You see it circled it.
The President turned to speak with a skydiver who had just landed as part of a show near the earth leaders before being led up to where they were taking a group photo by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
( BEGIN VIDEO CLIP )
SEAN HANNITY, “HANNITY”HOST: During a balloon show, Biden got dazed and confused. How disturbing. And started to just, you know, wander off like that as other G7 officials looked on in horror.
MIKA Viewer,” MORNING JOE” CO- Network: Best wing media seized on a time at the G7 Summit monday involving President Biden.
( END VIDEO CLIP )
KURTZ: Susan, I get that Biden is 81 and maybe looks weak and bewildered. But in this situation, why would someone else, who is owned by Fox’s sister firm, follow his example when he was really – he was – he was?
– when the President was really giving this parachute the hands up instead?
FERRECHIO: Well, suddenly, it’s taking it out of environment the same way Trump is taking out of context so often. Ok, you have a picture where he was talking to another pilot. but I do n’t believe he’s really benefiting from the entire video anymore. The issue with President Biden is that he appears weak when he is walking.
I know — I believe he has some cervical stenosis. I was looking at his previous physician’s statement, but he does have trouble walking. He does appear to be a small poor. Another incident occurred that, which looked quite odd, when he leant over and pressed his head against the pope’s head.
And then when he speaks, he sounds weak and as though his psychological capacity is diminishing. Only a third of voters believe he is qualified to serve as senator for another name, according to a new poll released just within the last few weeks.
KURTZ: Best.
FERRECHIO: I think that’s the entire problem. This just adds to the narrative — these videos, even though that this was taken out of context, it does n’t look much better when you watch the whole thing, Howie.
KURTZ: Well, completely legitimate issue total. But Richard, White House official, we may mention, ripped specific media outlets, touting these images as eager and lying. ” The New York Post” yesterday, while not talking about the way the photo was cropped, said Biden wandered off, was n’t supposed to do that, went off script and the media must face up to his cognitive decline. Is this, however, an illustration of it?
Lyon: Well, there’s a couple of things around. I think, first of all, nobody needs to take a deep breath. Two of the most illustrious contenders in British history are being presented to us both.
Marlow: Trump only turned 78.
FOWLER: Simply — who celebrated his birthday this year. We also need to take a deep breath and acknowledge that we’re dealing with a prospect in Joe Biden who is prone to errors and that we’re even dealing with a candidate who lives in the hyperbole, right? These are the challenges of this civilization. These are the race’s performance indicators.
But, now let’s focus in on this movie that you just showed there. And what I see here is at best careless media, right? Poor reporting at worst due to the National people’s expectations for fair coverage of this poll.
They’re even expecting us to visit this election. And when you write such things on your front include without considering the entire picture perspective, you end up creating even more distrust in this sector and this industry at a time when Americans need to believe us more than ever.
KURTZ: Well—
FERRECHIO: How is that any distinct than the Milwaukee reply? I mean — I mean, it’s the same item.
Palmer: Well, I had — I had a difficulty with the Milwaukee opinion when it was put in perspective. It caused me some issues. Ok, this was taken out of context and in perspective. It has no drawbacks, really. He was evidently waving to and giving a hands up to those who were here with some of these parachutes.
KURTZ: Properly,” Fox and Friends”, by the way, I thought was had a beautifully simple statement about it. However, the Trump campaign retaliated by charging Joe Biden with wandering about like a brain-dead vampire. There is nothing more effective way to fund those stories.
It’s to Kurtz’s record that he was inclined to contain Hannity, but he did find a couple of things wrong. PM Meloni was n’t “guiding him up” for a group photo — that was an entirely different function that followed the show. She was bringing his attention to a different member of the diving team.
And while Fox &, Friends did broadcast an uncropped edition of the picture in their news release, the guests mocked Collins and praised the various retailers who made fun of him.
