Clips cut Biden's response during Israeli PM meeting
Last updated on: 29 August,2021 11:33 pm
Clips cut Biden's response during Israeli PM meeting
(Reuters) – Social media users are sharing a clip of US President Joe Biden during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and claiming it shows Biden falling asleep. The videos on social media, however, have been misleadingly cropped: seconds later, longer footage shows that Biden responds to Bennett.
After a one-day delay due to Kabul bombing during the chaotic US evacuation from Afghanistan, Biden and Bennett held their first meeting seeking to reset US-Israeli relations and narrow differences over how to deal with Iran s nuclear advances on Aug 27, 2021.
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A video of the meeting is visible on C-SPAN.
Biden can be seen talking and engaging with Bennett throughout the clip.
The short segment isolated in the posts begins at the 12:42 minute mark. At the 13:14 minute mark, Biden continues speaking, but this has been cut out of the clips in the posts being shared online.
Reuters previously debunked altered clips that made Biden appear to be asleep during events, here and here .
VERDICT
Misleading. A clip saying Joe Biden fell asleep while in a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has been misleadingly cropped. Longer versions show Biden continues the conversation right after this moment.