Conservative AM radio station KXEL1540 in Iowa is spreading a fake news report that former Vice President Joe Biden was given the debate questions ahead of Tuesday's face-off. It was a rumor that right-wing commentator Todd Starnes tweeted, but failed to recognize that if the story was true it would mean Fox News was responsible for doing it.
Word on the street is that @JoeBiden got tonight's debate questions in advance - per @KXEL1540— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) 1601393356.0
Tuesday morning on Fox began with disgraced former Mayor Rudy Giuliani telling Fox News that Biden has dementia but will overcome it in the debates than Trump because he's taking the ADHD drug Adderall. As a fact-check, Biden's health records don't reflect that, nor does Adderall give the user the answers to debate questions, cure dementia or Alzheimer's, make them smarter, or enhance intelligence. There are no pills that make people smarter and no drug can cure dementia.
These are facts that most Americans seem to inherently understand, but Giuliani and Trump's team has struggled to understand or believe specifics about science, particularly when it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic.
There are also false rumors being spread by Trump's fans that Biden will have an earpiece to deliver him the answers, something he wouldn't need if he had the questions ahead of time or if he had magic drugs that would give him the answers.
The false story from Starnes drew ridicule for his use of a frequently used preface for a lie, "word on the street is." Trump typically employs phrases like "some people say" or "the internet says."
Fox News published the debate topics last week:
@toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 Duh. https://t.co/jaj0MmzK3K— Speculawyer 🇳🇴-American (@Speculawyer 🇳🇴-American) 1601401803.0
Starnes was ridiculed for making things up again:
@Va_Marine_71 @toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 man woman person camera tv!— Biden & Harris & Warnock & Ossoff, B.A., MLA (@Biden & Harris & Warnock & Ossoff, B.A., MLA) 1601401777.0
@suzannebuzz @toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 Prediction, Trump finally drops the “N” word for all to hear...and hi… https://t.co/S4mmZZY2cG— The Real Banquo’s Ghost (@The Real Banquo’s Ghost) 1601398046.0
@TheRealHoarse @toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 Todd is not on the street to know “word on the street”. A man like… https://t.co/A9sxetTpXl— Wine Lover (@Wine Lover) 1601402897.0
@thomasfamily84 @TheRealHoarse @toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 “Everybody knows” “the likes of which few people have ever seen”— hardknox (@hardknox) 1601403120.0
Trump's head would explode. https://t.co/poueWKt1Pw— Motivational Biden (@Motivational Biden) 1601402396.0
@weaverXP @toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 (It just means that Fox leaked them to Trump)— Lyn Perkins (@Lyn Perkins) 1601394366.0
@KevinMKruse @toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 Got it from this guy https://t.co/XGGld4Z9Gu— Tom Nichols (@Tom Nichols) 1601404562.0
@ememess @toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 Word on the street is that @toddstarnes makes up nonsense and just kinda… https://t.co/v3Lvvk5lpl— Chris in Philly (@Chris in Philly) 1601403118.0
@JustSchmeltzer @toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 Word on the street is that @seanhannity got the questions to Trump… https://t.co/FiaNIElBsq— Susan Anderson (@Susan Anderson) 1601403989.0
@ericsslater @toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 Ok, so if that's true, then why would Biden need an earpiece to feed him the answers? Duh.....— KJ (@KJ) 1601399981.0
@4everNeverTrump @toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 hahahahaha— DeStacy #MaskUpAndVote (@DeStacy #MaskUpAndVote) 1601401857.0
@briantylercohen @toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 There is also the earpiece BS floating around too 🙄— shan (@shan) 1601398992.0
@toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 You seem mentally stable {SARCASM}— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈) 1601405218.0
@MontyBoa99 Word on the street is that Trump eats so much McDonald's because that's all he can afford!— steve morris (@steve morris) 1601402914.0
@MyPlace4U @toddstarnes @poor_red @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 Word on the street is that The Apprentice was originally goin… https://t.co/gy4gYPXyxf— Suzi Jensen (@Suzi Jensen) 1601401604.0
Unfortunately, ice cream isn't a performance enhancement. https://t.co/CNzAQnaVxY— Motivational Biden (@Motivational Biden) 1601401088.0
@janthonylong @toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 If anyone’s going to know if FOX News gave the questions to Biden, i… https://t.co/LsoJvfEPsM— Raymond Felton Spencer Haywood Jefferies (@Raymond Felton Spencer Haywood Jefferies) 1601403537.0
@toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 Word on the street is that @toddstarnes is a lizard person. I can neither confirm nor deny it.— the gater is wearing a mask. you should too (@the gater is wearing a mask. you should too) 1601403656.0
@toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 you people are so terrified that Trump is going to crap the bed tonight and this is all you've got— Jeff Tiedrich (@Jeff Tiedrich) 1601401344.0
@toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 word on the street is that biden got one of them neurotransmitting cyberchips from… https://t.co/bjvgRgSScq— Erik the Rural Juror (@Erik the Rural Juror) 1601401998.0
@toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 Y'all sound scared shitless.— 💙 Koko 🥁 💙 (@💙 Koko 🥁 💙) 1601401004.0
@toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 Anyone who can’t guess tonight’s questions would have to be incredibly ill prepared.— Jared Lipof (@Jared Lipof) 1601403421.0
@toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 https://t.co/kVn7OasJI3— The Righteous Llama (@The Righteous Llama) 1601396364.0
@toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 Yea, I’m sure Fox wants to give Biden an advantage...— jillybeanaz (@jillybeanaz) 1601403523.0
@toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 "Word on the street" = Rush Limbaugh. https://t.co/cRlDEzzTyd— Neill W 🐝 🌈 (@Neill W 🐝 🌈) 1601397486.0
@ambersooney @toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 Wow, they are really reaching.— LuToTheLu (@LuToTheLu) 1601404207.0
@dotdash1961 @toddstarnes @JoeBiden @KXEL1540 Trump camp already making excuses— Thomas McGuire (@Thomas McGuire) 1601403078.0
