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    Altered Video of Exchange Between White House Press Secretary and Reporter on Gas Prices Goes Viral

    by D'Angelo Gore Oct 28, 2022 3 minutes

    In an Oct. 19 press briefing, Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre a question about President Joe Biden’s request for U.S. oil companies to help lower high gasoline prices. Jean-Pierre asked Doocy to clarify his question, which he did, and then she went on to provide a roughly one-minute answer.

    However, tens of thousands of Twitter users have a video that was edited to make it appear that Jean-Pierre ignored Doocy’s question and then abruptly ended the press briefing. The altered , which was posted on Oct. 26, had been viewed

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