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White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates called out Lucas Tomlinson for using his own question about Biden's age over Thanksgiving to use in a misleading Fox report.
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	Fox News was called out for manufacturing a story about public concerns over the age of Democratic President Joe Biden.

	On 
	Fox News Sunday, correspondent Lucas Tomlinson reported from Nantucket, Massachusetts where the President spent time with family over the holiday weekend.
Tomlinson stated:
"[President Biden] continues to face questions about his age, even here in Nantucket.”
	As proof of such concerns, video was played of an unidentified reporter yelling a question at Biden as he exited a store with his granddaughter.
The unidentified reporter bellowed:
"Mr. President are you too old to be running for reelection?"Tomlinson doubled down on X where he posted:
"While shopping in Nantucket, President Biden was asked by a reporter if he is too old to run for re-election. 'That’s stupid,' he replied."@LucasFoxNews/X

	What Tomlinson failed to disclose was the identity of the reporter—the only one caught on camera despite the crowd of press following the President all weekend—who asked the question about Biden's age. One reporter doesn't reflect the widespread concern Tomlinson's report indicated.

	But even worse, that one reporter concerned about Biden's age was actually Tomlinson himself—who later reported Biden "continues to face questions about his age."
You can see the deliberately misleading segment here:
Amazing: Fox News correspondent @LucasFoxNews reports that Biden "continues to face questions about his age, even here in Nantucket" -- citing nothing more than a question @LucasFoxNews himself shouted at Biden on Saturday. The epitome of astroturfing a political attack.
 —  (@)
        
Unwilling to let the deception go unchecked, White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates wrote on X:
"[Lucas Tomlinson], are you able to speculate on whose voice that is shouting?""It sounds familiar to me but I'm having difficulty placing it.".@LucasFoxNews, are you able to speculate on whose voice that is shouting? It sounds familiar to me but I'm having difficulty placing it.
 —  (@)
        

@AndrewJBates46 @atrupar @LucasFoxNews Does his first name begin with a Lucas and his last name begin with a Tomlinson?
 —  (@)
        
Another member of the White House communications team, Olivia Dalton, flagged Tomlinson's X post.
She quoted his post and wrote:
"Lol that reporter was… you"
In addition to the White House, people on X also weren't buying what Tomlinson was selling.

	The public added context to Tomlinson's Sunday morning X post, also calling him out as the unidentified reporter he used as proof for his own report.
His post now includes the disclaimer:
"This post lacks context. The reporter that asked the question is this reporter, Lucas Tomlinson."@LucasFoxNews/X

@LucasFoxNews This is still up?!?! With the community note?! Lord give me the balls of this man! \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23
 —  (@)
        
The public also unleashed on Tomlinson in the comments.
Fox News wasn't spared either.
@LucasFoxNews While shopping in Nantucket, I attempted to sabotage President Biden by asking him if he was too old to run for reelection.\nHe replied correctly.\n\nFixed your tweet for you.\nYou're welcome.
 —  (@)
        
@LucasFoxNews If you were a journalist with integrity, you would have said you asked the question. \n\nSeriously - you\u2019re doing tremendous damage to journalism by not reporting the full story. Have you no shame?
 —  (@)
        

@ODalton46 @brianstelter Just like in Russia, Fox \u201creporters\u201d know their job is to create propaganda content for their propaganda channel owned by oligarchs in bed with the autocrats. A constantly churning part of the right-wing media machine to manipulate public perceptions with smear & fear propaganda.
 —  (@)
        

@ODalton46 Astroturfing a story.   Grand call out.
 —  (@)
        

@LucasFoxNews This dummy was the reporter.
 —  (@)
        

@AndrewJBates46 @atrupar @LucasFoxNews @LucasFoxNews, you really like the sound of your own voice. You're fooling no one.
 —  (@)
        

@LucasFoxNews You in some sort of a contest with Doocy?
 —  (@)
        
@LucasFoxNews Is the reporter in the room with you right now? What a pathetic joke.
 —  (@)
        

@LucasFoxNews Is there anything a Fox Fake Reporter won't lie about?????
 —  (@)
        

@LucasFoxNews Pronouns are useful for simplifying sentences.  For instance, in this sentence, \u201ca reporter\u201d can be replaced with \u201cme\u201d.
 —  (@)
        

@LucasFoxNews You ask3d the question  cheat !. Not very respectable professional reporting.  Create news to report news. Charlatan.
 —  (@)
        
Fox's focus on Biden's age—while ignoring former Republican President Donald Trump's age—also drew criticism.
@AndrewJBates46 @FPWellman @LucasFoxNews FOX is all in for ageism. Which is a certain form of discrimination.
 —  (@)
        

@LucasFoxNews How about Trump? And he\u2019s only 77. \ud83d\ude09
 —  (@)
        

@LucasFoxNews Now go ask the other guy the same question.  He's old too.  And by the way, where I work, we are not allowed to ask questions about a person's age. It's ageism. We hire people based on their skills and ability to do the job.
 —  (@)
        
@atrupar @LucasFoxNews This is funny in comparison.
 —  (@)
        
Several critics referred to Tomlinson "astroturfing" his Fox News story.

	Astroturfing the news is defined as the deceptive practice of publishing or broadcasting opinions or comments that appear to come from members of the public or outside of the news organization, but actually come from the source promoting the idea.
Astroturfing misleads the public into believing an opinion or position is very popular or has a lot of public support.
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Fox News was called out for manufacturing a story about public concerns over the age of Democratic President Joe Biden.

On Fox News Sunday, correspondent Lucas Tomlinson reported from Nantucket, Massachusetts where the President spent time with family over the holiday weekend.

Tomlinson stated:

"[President Biden] continues to face questions about his age, even here in Nantucket.”

As proof of such concerns, video was played of an unidentified reporter yelling a question at Biden as he exited a store with his granddaughter.

The unidentified reporter bellowed:

"Mr. President are you too old to be running for reelection?"

Tomlinson doubled down on X where he posted:

"While shopping in Nantucket, President Biden was asked by a reporter if he is too old to run for re-election. 'That’s stupid,' he replied."

@LucasFoxNews/X

What Tomlinson failed to disclose was the identity of the reporter—the only one caught on camera despite the crowd of press following the President all weekend—who asked the question about Biden's age. One reporter doesn't reflect the widespread concern Tomlinson's report indicated.

But even worse, that one reporter concerned about Biden's age was actually Tomlinson himself—who later reported Biden "continues to face questions about his age."

You can see the deliberately misleading segment here:

Amazing: Fox News correspondent @LucasFoxNews reports that Biden "continues to face questions about his age, even here in Nantucket" -- citing nothing more than a question @LucasFoxNews himself shouted at Biden on Saturday. The epitome of astroturfing a political attack.
— (@)

Unwilling to let the deception go unchecked, White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates wrote on X:

"[Lucas Tomlinson], are you able to speculate on whose voice that is shouting?"

"It sounds familiar to me but I'm having difficulty placing it."

.@LucasFoxNews, are you able to speculate on whose voice that is shouting? It sounds familiar to me but I'm having difficulty placing it.
— (@)

@AndrewJBates46 @atrupar @LucasFoxNews Does his first name begin with a Lucas and his last name begin with a Tomlinson?
— (@)

Another member of the White House communications team, Olivia Dalton, flagged Tomlinson's X post.

She quoted his post and wrote:

"Lol that reporter was… you"

In addition to the White House, people on X also weren't buying what Tomlinson was selling.

The public added context to Tomlinson's Sunday morning X post, also calling him out as the unidentified reporter he used as proof for his own report.

His post now includes the disclaimer:

"This post lacks context. The reporter that asked the question is this reporter, Lucas Tomlinson."

@LucasFoxNews/X

@LucasFoxNews This is still up?!?! With the community note?! Lord give me the balls of this man! \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23
— (@)

The public also unleashed on Tomlinson in the comments.

Fox News wasn't spared either.

@LucasFoxNews While shopping in Nantucket, I attempted to sabotage President Biden by asking him if he was too old to run for reelection.\nHe replied correctly.\n\nFixed your tweet for you.\nYou're welcome.
— (@)

@LucasFoxNews If you were a journalist with integrity, you would have said you asked the question. \n\nSeriously - you\u2019re doing tremendous damage to journalism by not reporting the full story. Have you no shame?
— (@)

@ODalton46 @brianstelter Just like in Russia, Fox \u201creporters\u201d know their job is to create propaganda content for their propaganda channel owned by oligarchs in bed with the autocrats. A constantly churning part of the right-wing media machine to manipulate public perceptions with smear & fear propaganda.
— (@)

@ODalton46 Astroturfing a story. Grand call out.
— (@)

@LucasFoxNews This dummy was the reporter.
— (@)

@AndrewJBates46 @atrupar @LucasFoxNews @LucasFoxNews, you really like the sound of your own voice. You're fooling no one.
— (@)

@LucasFoxNews You in some sort of a contest with Doocy?
— (@)

@LucasFoxNews Is the reporter in the room with you right now? What a pathetic joke.
— (@)

@LucasFoxNews Is there anything a Fox Fake Reporter won't lie about?????
— (@)

@LucasFoxNews Pronouns are useful for simplifying sentences. For instance, in this sentence, \u201ca reporter\u201d can be replaced with \u201cme\u201d.
— (@)

@LucasFoxNews You ask3d the question cheat !. Not very respectable professional reporting. Create news to report news. Charlatan.
— (@)

Fox's focus on Biden's age—while ignoring former Republican President Donald Trump's age—also drew criticism.

@AndrewJBates46 @FPWellman @LucasFoxNews FOX is all in for ageism. Which is a certain form of discrimination.
— (@)

@LucasFoxNews How about Trump? And he\u2019s only 77. \ud83d\ude09
— (@)

@LucasFoxNews Now go ask the other guy the same question. He's old too. And by the way, where I work, we are not allowed to ask questions about a person's age. It's ageism. We hire people based on their skills and ability to do the job.
— (@)

@atrupar @LucasFoxNews This is funny in comparison.
— (@)

Several critics referred to Tomlinson "astroturfing" his Fox News story.

Astroturfing the news is defined as the deceptive practice of publishing or broadcasting opinions or comments that appear to come from members of the public or outside of the news organization, but actually come from the source promoting the idea.

Astroturfing misleads the public into believing an opinion or position is very popular or has a lot of public support.

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