A misleading video posted online by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party highlights the challenges voters face as they try to discern fact from fiction in the lead-up to the UK's historic December election
A misleading video posted online by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party Tuesday highlights the challenges voters face as they try to discern fact from fiction in the lead-up to the United Kingdom's historic December election.
The video made a spokesperson from the rival Labour Party appear unable to explain his party's Brexit policy, and came as Facebook faces increasing scrutiny for its unwillingness to fact-check political ads on its platform.
— Conservatives November 5, 2019 "So this happened," Sandford tweeted."They edited it to add on the last shot in which Keir Starmer looks stumped. But that didn't happen. Read MoreMorgan himself then replied to Sandford, agreeing with the BBC reporter and adding,"The way this has been edited is misleading and unfair to Keir Starmer."Correct, he did, albeit not very convincingly - but the way this has been edited is misleading & unfair to @Keir_Starmer. https://t.
— Piers Morgan November 5, 2019 Several hours later, the Conservative Party's Press Office retweeted an unedited version of the interview from the Good Morning Britain account, noting that"there have been some enquiries about the veracity of Keir Starmer's interview this morning."But it did not acknowledge the discrepancy between the party's edited version of the interview and the real thing.
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