Facebook slaps “partly false” label on Trump-endorsed video of Biden

Enlarge / Joe Biden speaks at a rally in Kansas City, Missouri, on Saturday. (credit: Kyle Rivas/Getty Images)

On Saturday, White House Social Media Director Dan Scavino posted a video that appeared to show Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden losing his train of thought and then concluding "we can only re-elect Donald Trump." Trump's followers naturally cackled with delight.

In reality, Scavino's clip cut Biden off mid-sentence. What he actually said was, "we can only re-elect Donald Trump if in fact we engage in this circular firing squad. It's gotta be a positive campaign."

After outrage from Biden supporters, Facebook slapped the video with a notice warning that the video contained "Partly false information checked by independent fact-checkers." To actually watch the video, users had to click on a small "See video" button.

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