CNN’s John Harwood thinks this clip where Republican John James “completely fumbles” his answer at a debate on “how he’d protect Michiganders with pre-existing conditions”:
revealing https://t.co/f0k0Itc1y6
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 18, 2020
The video, which was posted by the woman who does “#MISen comms for
@MichiganDems,” is total BS, however:
Of course John Harwood chose to share this intentionally deceiving video that cuts off James mid-answer.
Here is the rest of his answer: https://t.co/PYsvY8fRhG https://t.co/OMTpbSVRUH
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) October 18, 2020
Watch it for yourself:
Let’s make the Affordable Care Act affordable. By passing a legislative requirement to protect people with pre-existing conditions while expanding risk pools, allowing biz association plans and reforming the tort & regulatory hurdles that raise cost, we can get this done for MI. pic.twitter.com/T8v58tKo7l
— John James (@JohnJamesMI) October 18, 2020
What’s more revealing is that Harwood’s tweet is still up after all this time:
CNN reporter amplifies an edited clip of a Black Republican Senate nominee. Full clip easily available. He chose to do this. https://t.co/9lvsMU6Nps
— Nathan Wurtzel is a silly name, but it's mine (@NathanWurtzel) October 18, 2020
And only some media accounts get locked out when they spread misinformation:
So I guess @jack and @TwitterSupport are *not* labeling deceptively edited content as 'misinformation' now, huh. https://t.co/TJ73nJLfvF
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) October 18, 2020
Narrator: Twitter did not do the right thing:
Here’s the full answer they cut off.
I’ve been informed that about 1,000 people have reported @elenakuhn to @Twitter because this fits their standard for labeling as deceptively edited manipulated media.
I’m hopeful they’ll do the right thing here. @TwitterSupport @TwitterDC https://t.co/LAAoXMy0Yq
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) October 18, 2020
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