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On Aug. 16, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden read from a teleprompter as he addressed the nation on the Taliban's efforts to take over in Afghanistan. In the moments after his speech ended, dubious social media accounts shared a doctored photograph. An unknown person had altered a picture of Biden's teleprompter to add the words leave now to the end of his address. The altered screenshot, which was taken from a video, was shared by multiple Twitter accounts bearing American flag emojis and Make America Great Again phraseology. Despite the fact that the picture had been doctored, the tweets continued to be shared the next day. It's true that Biden left the podium without speaking with reporters who had gathered in the White House East Room. The journalists shouted various questions as the president left the room. However, Biden's teleprompter did not say to leave now. A fact check published by Reuters, noted that the original and unaltered screenshot was taken from a live video feed on The Washington Post's YouTube channel. The speech ended with this line: Thank you. May God protect our troops, our diplomats, and all brave Americans serving in harm’s way. As Biden walked away, the live feed cut to the angle seen in the screenshot in question. The moment begins at around the 1:19:54 mark in the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocupl4q7En4&t=4793s According to the Associated Press, Biden expressed no second thoughts on the decision to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan. In sum, words in Biden's teleprompter did not say to leave now at the end of his speech about the Taliban and Afghanistan. The picture was doctored.
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