Trump team pushes social media limits as election looms

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Trump team pushes social media limits as US election looms

"There's a long tradition in politics of competing politicians presenting their opponents' words or beliefs in edited ways, right? That's part of politics," Ethan Porter, assistant professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University, told AFP.

The Real Clear Politics poll average barely changed after the Republican Convention, where Mr Trump ramped up his attacks on Mr Biden who is seven points ahead nationally. But swing states remain a toss-up."Manipulated media for the most part has been used by the Trump campaign to try and have more, let's say, 'tactile-looking' evidence, for the claims that they're making.

An example came in an August 30 Facebook post by Donald Trump Jr, after the shooting death of Aaron Danielson, 39, in Portland.

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