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      Video Doctored To Show Joe Biden Asleep During A TV Interview

      The original video was of an interview with singer and actor Harry Belafonte during which he appeared to doze off.

      By - AFP |
      Published -  2 Sept 2020 6:54 PM IST
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      Video Doctored To Show Joe Biden Asleep During A TV Interview
      As US President Donald Trump continues his attempts to label Joe Biden as "Sleepy," a video shared across social media claims to show the Democratic challenger for the White House sleeping during a live television interview. This is false; the original video was of an interview with veteran singer and actor Harry Belafonte almost nine years ago, during which he appeared to doze off. The footage was doctored to show Biden sitting in Belafonte's place.


      "Joe Biden was sleeping during a TV live interview," reads the caption of a video shared on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other platforms on August 30, 2020.

      The video shows a news anchor attempting to introduce the interviewee "live from New York," only to realize that the subject, Joe Biden, has his eyes closed and is snoring. Despite insisting, "Wake up, Wake up," Biden remains asleep and snoring, causing laughter in the newsroom.

      The bottom of the screen reads "Joe Biden: The Importance of This Election."

      Screenshot of a Facebook post taken on September 1, 2020

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      However, the video is a montage. The Democratic Party's nominee did not fall asleep on live TV.

      The footage of the journalist is from October 2011, when TV station KBAK from Bakersfield, California attempted to interview Belafonte, who was in New York City.

      Then aged 84, Belafonte seemed to have fallen asleep before talking to the morning show "Eyewitness News," although the singer blamed a lost connection that made him unable to hear the host talking to him.

      "They keep stooping lower and lower," Belafonte said of the manipulated video in a statement to Deadline.

      "A technical glitch in an interview I did nine years ago now becomes another one of their lies, more of their fake news."

      John Dabkovich, a CBS journalist who was co-anchor in the studio that day, labeled the video as "fake" on Twitter after White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino shared it on the platform on August 30, 2020.

      The video of Biden with his eyes seemingly closed is from an endorsement of the nominee by former Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Biden lowers his eyes several times throughout the video, making it seem possible that they were closed at some point.

      The snoring noises, as well as the banner at the bottom of the screen, appear to have been fabricated entirely.

      Also Read: President Donald Trump Spreads False And Misleading Claims At RNC 2020

      Questions were, however, raised in 2011 about whether Biden was sleeping during former president Barack Obama's budget speech.

      Republican candidate Donald Trump, trailing his opponent in polls, has sought to portray the Democratic candidate as senile, calling him "Sleepy Joe," though the two men are only three years apart in age.

      The Biden campaign has yet to respond to an AFP request for comment.

      (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by BOOM staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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      US Elections 2020Joe BidenKamala HarrisUS ElectionsUS elections2020 US Presidential ElectionsUS Presidential ElectionsAmerican ElectionsDemocratsRepublicansHarry BelafonteMike Pence#DonaldTrump
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      Claim :   Joe Biden fell asleep during a TV interview.
      Claimed By :  Posts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
      Fact Check :  False
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