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New York Times Reports Conspiracy Theory About Trump’s White House Lawn Address, Quietly Removes From Article

Ashe Schow
New York Times Reports Conspiracy Theory About Trump’s White House Lawn Address, Quietly Removes From Article
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On October 8, President Donald Trump released a video of himself standing on the White House lawn addressing senior citizens vulnerable to the coronavirus.

Just as they had done over the past week since Trump was diagnosed with COVID-19, media and Trump critics rushed to claim the video was actually filmed in front of a green screen because Trump is sicker than he appears. The New York Times even published an article promoting the conspiracy theory, which my former Washington Examiner colleague Becket Adams called “a deranged, easily debunked rumor.”

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