“New York Times editor admits Biden sexual assault story was censored at behest of Biden campaign.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 14 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
The New York Times story examined a new allegation that Joe Biden sexually assaulted a former staff assistant in 1993. Thirteen words were removed, but the same words that were removed are intact two paragraphs earlier.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 May 2020, 20 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- frontpagemag.comhttps://www.frontpagemag.com/point/2020/04/new-york-times-editor-admits-biden-sexual-assa…
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