Fox News Claims Without Evidence Joe Biden Did a Ron Burgundy — Read Teleprompter Instructions During Speech

Fox News and the New York Post claimed without evidence 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 declared — without evidence — that the commander-in-chief mistakenly read parenthetical directions in the teleprompter that were not intended to be read aloud. They reported:

President Biden began his rare address to the nation from the Oval Office by staring aimlessly at the camera and stumbling over his words — and then seemingly reading his teleprompter instructions.

The 80-year-old commander-in-chief looked around, seemingly unaware that he was on live, before he started to speak as he squinted in the glare of the lights.

At one point, Biden appeared to read an autocue instruction to “make it clear” — similar to how last year he read out “repeat the line” in another speech.

Then on Fox News Friday morning, anchor John Roberts repeated the claim, also without evidence:

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.

Mediaite has reached out to Fox News for comment and/or evidence to support their claim and has not received a reply.

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