White House Torches Fox News ‘Credibility’ — Refutes Claim Biden Did a Ron Burgundy Teleprompter Gaffe

The White House tore into Fox News over their evidence-free claim that President Joe Biden pulled a Ron Burgundy during his speech, and read a Teleprompter instruction aloud.

President Biden gave a well-received Oval Office address Wednesday night that was billed as a speech on “the Unites States’ Response to Hamas’s Terrorist Attacks Against Israel and Russia’s Ongoing Brutal War Against Ukraine.”

On the subject of Ukraine, the president wanted to reassure Americans he does not want to end up with U.S. troops on the ground:

For 75 years, NATO has kept peace in Europe and has been the cornerstone of American security. And if Putin attacks a NATO Ally, we will defend every inch of NATO which the treaty requires and calls for.

We will have something that we do not seek — make it clear: we do not seek — we do not seek to have American troops fighting in Russia or fighting against Russia.

Based on that passage, the New York Post and Fox News declared — without evidence — that the commander-in-chief mistakenly read parenthetical directions in the teleprompter that were not intended to be read aloud:

JOHN ROBERTS: And more concerns that the president appeared to read instructions rather than just the speech from his teleprompter last night. Watch this.

PRESIDENT BIDEN: If Putin attacks NATO ally, we will defend every inch of data which a treaty requires and calls for. We’ll have something that we do not seek. Make it clear. We do not seek. We do not seek to have American troops fighting in Russia or fighting against Russia.

JOHN ROBERTS: Well, you know, everybody has teleprompter problems from time to time.

But according to the prepared remarks reviewed by Mediaite, the line in question — although altered in its delivery — was not an instruction.

“And let me be clear about something: we send Ukraine equipment sitting in our stockpile,” the prepared remarks read. Also, “[make it clear]” is not the sort of instruction that typically appears in Teleprompter drafts.

White House senior communications adviser Andrew Bates torched Fox News over the claim in a statement to Mediaite, writing “Unsurprising that the jury’s no longer out – literally – on Fox’s credibility.”

The wisecrack is likely a reference to the blockbuster settlement in the Dominion defamation lawsuit.

Watch above via Fox News.