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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre labeled recent viral videos, purportedly showing President Joe Biden's declining mental and physical health, as “cheap fake” videos distributed in “bad faith.”

Key Quotes: Responding to a question about the videos, Jean-Pierre said, “They are cheap fakes video, they are done in bad faith... the right-wing critics of the president have a credibility problem because of the fact-checkers have repeatedly caught them pushing misinformation, disinformation.” She added that The Washington Post (Lean Left bias) had backed up claims of misinformation and that the “conservative Washington Examiner” (Lean Right bias) was “calling out” the New York Post (Lean Right bias) over the issue. Furthermore, she said this showed “how desperate Republicans are here.”

For Context: While both Biden and former President Donald Trump are pushing the envelope for presidential candidate ages, conservative media and the Trump campaign have increasingly used videos to frame Biden as mentally unfit. 

How the Media Covered It: Coverage differed based on partisan narratives surrounding Biden. Several headlines from the right framed Jean-Pierre as dismissing all “awkward” videos of Biden as fake. The New York Post denied Jean-Pierre’s claim about its coverage, accusing her of falsely attributing criticism of the Post to the Washington Examiner, which it said was merely quoting British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Some coverage on the left agreed with Jean-Pierre's characterization of the videos as misleadingly cropped or edited. This summary was developed with the help of AllSides' AI technology.

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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre faced a wave of criticism Monday after claiming a series of viral videos of President Biden appearing frail in the past week were "deepfakes."

Numerous controversial videos have emerged of Biden during his visits to commemorate D-Day in France, attend the G-7 summit in Italy, and attend a recent fundraiser for his campaign that have raised questions about his age. 

The White House in the past week has railed against so-called “cheap fakes,” videos edited to look as if President Joe Biden has “frozen” or was wandering away at major public events, while media outlets amplifying the moments have done little to add context.

The videos include one at a D-Day ceremony earlier this month, another at a Juneteenth ceremony last week and still another the G7 summit Thursday. The latest to go viral is a video at the end of Biden’s star-filled Los Angeles re-election fundraiser over the weekend.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre fumed at the viral clips circulating social media that are often selectively edited to make President Joe Biden look senile, dubbing them “cheap fakes.”

“There seems to be a sort of a rash of videos that have been edited to make the president appear especially frail or mentally confused. I’m wondering if the White House is especially worried about the fact that this appears to be a pattern that we’re seeing more,” asked a White House reporter during Monday’s briefing.