{"id":1642122,"date":"2022-09-15T16:47:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T20:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1642122"},"modified":"2022-09-15T16:48:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T20:48:25","slug":"nbc-news-tries-to-censor-viral-videos-highlighting-john-fettermans-slurred-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-news-tries-to-censor-viral-videos-highlighting-john-fettermans-slurred-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC News Tries To Censor Viral Videos Highlighting John Fetterman\u2019s Slurred Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnbc-news-tries-to-censor-viral-videos-highlighting-john-fettermans-slurred-speech%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1642122&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An online reporter unable to tell the difference between a doctored video and an edited supercut is either so ignorant he shouldn\u2019t be writing about politics, or he\u2019s just a partisan hack. NBC\u2019s Benjamin Goggin is probably both.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Goggin published an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/internet\/john-fetterman-speech-stroke-health-dr-oz-pa-election-rcna47592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">800-word story<\/a> which accused Greg Price, a senior digital strategist at the conservative consulting firm X Strategies, of \u201cdoctoring\u201d videos to frame Pennsylvania Democrat Senate candidate and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman as incompetent. The videos featured Fetterman, who is still in recovery from a springtime stroke in which \u2014 in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/06\/03\/fetterman-heart-condition-almost-died-pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his words<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 he \u201calmost died,\u201d slurring his speech at a series of campaign events.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDeceptively edited videos that have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on Twitter and TikTok exaggerate the speech issues that have plagued John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania\u2019s open U.S. Senate seat, after he had a stroke in May,\u201d Goggin reported. <\/p>\n<p>The NBC digital journalist went on to brag about TikTok censoring videos the outlet flagged to the company, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, just as the network <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/06\/22\/a-recap-of-nbcs-failed-attempt-to-deplatform-the-federalist-on-google\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tried to de-platform<\/a> The Federalist in 2020. That summer, NBC News\u2019 \u201cVerification Unit\u201d colluded with a foreign think tank to submit a complaint to Google warranting demonetization, a move Google threatened and then promptly backed away from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTikTok removed the videos that NBC News flagged to it, citing its \u2018integrity and authenticity\u2019 policy, which includes rules about misinformation,\u201d Goggin wrote, taking a victory lap. Twitter, however, \u201cdid not immediately respond to requests for comment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NBC published a comment from Price claiming Fetterman is \u201cclearly unfit in every way to serve in the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Twitter, Price <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1570177414457888770?s=20&amp;t=KuiV_HgLMnY55-2y-JIE8A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published<\/a> his full response to Goggin which reads, \u201cI don\u2019t care what you regime propagandists at NBC decide to write about to help your preferred candidate in the race, who is clearly unfit in every way to serve in the senate. You can print that. Have a nice day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price followed the story\u2019s publication by sharing the video again highlighting Fetterman\u2019s rhetorical challenges on the campaign trail:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>Fetterman\u2019s health has remained a central issue in the pivotal Pennsylvania Senate race ever since Fetterman captured the Democratic nomination while undergoing heart surgery on the day of the primary election. The state\u2019s incumbent lieutenant governor suffered a stroke the week prior, and initially concealed the severity of his condition from voters which even caught <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/09\/12\/john-fetterman-pennsylvania-debate-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">criticism<\/a> from The Washington Post editorial board. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Fetterman campaign squandered credibility by concealing from the public for two days after his stroke that he had been hospitalized,\u201d the board wrote, calling on the Senate candidate to commit to more than one televised debate. \u201cIt waited weeks longer to reveal a more complete picture of his medical history, including that he had been diagnosed in 2017 with cardiomyopathy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Fetterman agreed to a single debate scheduled for Oct. 25, just two weeks before the general election but presumably weeks after the beginning of early voting which, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vote.pa.gov\/Voting-in-PA\/pages\/early-voting.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to the state, begins \u201cas soon as ballots are ready.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarly voting typically begins 4-6 weeks before the election,\u201d the University of Pennsylvania <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vote.upenn.edu\/early-voting-in-pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Fetterman\u2019s participation in the late-season debate, however, is allegedly contingent on a closed-caption monitor and two practice sessions. The campaign for Fetterman\u2019s Republican opponent, former celebrity television doctor Mehmet Oz \u2014 who has repeatedly highlighted the Democrat\u2019s handicap for a six-year term \u2014 responded to the demands with three requests of their own: that the moderate explain the use of closed-captioning to voters, that practice sessions not include real questions, and that the event be extended from 60 minutes to 90 minutes. <\/p>\n[RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/25\/dr-oz-is-right-eat-your-vegetables-or-die-early\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Oz Is Right: Eat Your Vegetables Or Die Early<\/a>]\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. 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