Video shows President Joe Biden’s July 24 address is “either CGI or a mask.”
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President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, about his decision to drop his Democratic presidential reelection bid. (AP)
Now you see him?: Altered video of Joe Biden’s July 24 address spreads on social media
President Joe Biden addressed the nation July 24 from the Oval Office, discussing his decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race.
But a July 24 Instagram post claimed that the person delivering those remarks from The White House wasn’t Biden.
"Watch his eyes!!!" text above a video of Biden read. "This has got to be CGI!"
A post sharing the video said: "This cannot be real, it’s not! Look at his eyes and then also check out his mouth… It’s either CGI or a mask but this ain’t Biden." (CGI stands for computer-generated imagery.)
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The video has been altered: It’s slower than the original and plays both forward and backward, making Biden appear to blink oddly. If you watch the background of the Instagram post’s video, the camera appears to zoom in and out rapidly.
In reality, as reflected in footage posted by news outlets and the White House, the camera zooms in on Biden only as he begins to speak.
We rate claims that this video proves a fake Biden addressed the nation July 24 Pants on Fire!
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Instagram post, July 24, 2024
YouTube, Biden Oval Office address after dropping out of 2024 election (FULL SPEECH), July 24, 2024
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