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Prior to Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race, White House and Democratic Party sources claimed conservatives were using deceptive “cheap fakes” in order to make the octogenarian appear even more cognitively impaired than he actually was.
Now, a left-leaning news outlet has admitted it used fake content in its on-air efforts to disparage President Donald Trump.
According to Breitbart:
CNN issued an on-air retraction and admitted to using “digitally altered” photos of former President Donald Trump and right-wing activist and influencer Laura Loomer.
In a post on X, Loomer shared a video of CNN issuing a retraction after CNN hosts, such as Anderson Cooper, used a “digitally altered” photo of Trump and Loomer in “a number of segments” on Friday and Saturday.
“Friday evening and on Saturday, CNN aired a number of segments that briefly showed an image of former President Donald Trump and Laura Loomer taken from social media,” the CNN host said. “On review, this image had been digitally altered by a third party and should not have been included. We regret the error.
Loomer took the network to task for its actions as well as the way the matter was handled after it came to light.
WATCH:
CNN @CNN was just forced to issue an on air retraction after @andersoncooper and other hosts ran fake & photoshopped pictures of me and President Trump on air last week in an effort to demonize me for the crime of flying on his plane to the Presidential debate. pic.twitter.com/bdXJHG2doF
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) September 26, 2024
Hey @andersoncooper
Why are you sending a female colleague of yours to apologize for your defamation?
If you do not issue a retraction in writing on X for showing fake and photoshopped pics of me and President Trump in an effort to spew a sick, misogynistic, and defamatory… https://t.co/UCTeFJURfh pic.twitter.com/uFbkfcMdfa
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) September 26, 2024
The matter received plenty of attention on social media:
Hey @CNN why did you use altered photos of President Trump and Laura Loomer? Why did you make President Trump look like he's 300 pounds?
Bias much?
Fake News is your legacy and brand forever. pic.twitter.com/Td2GD7ybhx— Real Ben Garrison Cartoons (@GrrrGraphics) September 26, 2024
https://t.co/dCtWctWj5N
I wanted to bring this info to your attention in case you didn't know about cnn lying regarding Laura Loomer, if they did this to her, then what they're trying to do to Lt. Gov. Robinson it's obvious they'll do & say Anything to discredit conservatives.— Irish Qrusader 🇺🇸 🇮🇪 NC 💚🍀 (@ECRatncQBX) September 26, 2024
To be sure, Loomer is a controversial political figure, even within Trump’s orbit. JD Vance, Trump’s running mate, addressed concerns on the right about what role Loomer is playing as an informal adviser to the campaign.
According to The Hill:
“Look, Laura Loomer is not affiliated with the Trump campaign. She said something about curry in the White House that I first read about this morning actually, because I knew that you would ask me about it,” Vance said in an interview Sunday on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” with Kristen Welker, who also noted that Vance’s wife is Indian.
Vance also suggested that discussing Loomer’s remarks was a distraction from the campaign, and he said they ought to be talking about Harris and her policies.
“Look, Kristen, I make a mean chicken curry. I don’t think that it’s insulting for anybody to talk about their dietary preferences or what they want to do in the White House. I think what Laura said about Kamala Harris is not what we should be focused on. We should be focused on the policy and on the issues,” he said.
“So yeah, do I agree with what Laura Loomer said about Kamala Harris? No, I don’t. I also don’t think that this is actually an issue of national import. Is Laura Loomer running for president? No. Kamala Harris is running for president. And whether you’re eating curry at your dinner table or fried chicken, things have gotten more expensive thanks to her policies. Let’s talk about the person running for president of the United States, not a social media personality who supports Donald Trump,” he continued.
Here’s a clip of Vance’s remarks on the matter:
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