Biden and Trump were asked about concerns regarding their age
Fact-checking reveals that Trump is known for cheating during golf games
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump participated in the 2024 CNN Presidential Debate
Trump claimed to have won two club championships at one of his own courses
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump participated in the 2024 CNN Presidential Debate, where they were asked about concerns regarding their age. During the exchange, both candidates discussed their golf abilities and handicaps.
Trump claimed to have won two club championships at one of his own courses. However, fact-checking reveals that Trump is known for cheating during golf games and has been referred to as
President Biden and former President Trump participated in a CNN presidential debate on June 27, 2024.
Biden defended his age against Trump’s claims of being less competent and mentioned his previous low handicap in golf.
Accuracy
At the end of a potential second term, Biden would be 86 years old while Trump would be 82.
Trump claimed to have taken two cognitive tests and aced both of them, while also boasting about his recent golf achievements.
Trump stated that he is in very good health and feels as fit as he was 25-30 years ago.
Biden challenged Trump to a driving contest and offered to carry Trump’s golf bag if he accepted the challenge.
Deception
(30%)
The article contains selective reporting and emotional manipulation. Trump's statements about Biden's golf handicap are not deceptive in themselves, but the article presents them as a significant issue when it is not relevant to the presidency. The authors also uses emotional language like 'he chimed in', 'Trump fired back', and 'Biden replied'. These phrases create a sensationalist tone that manipulates the reader's emotions.
President Biden spoke about his golf handicap, saying he was once a six but corrected himself to an eight. Trump disputed this, saying it was a lie.
The authors uses emotional language to describe the back and forth between Biden and Trump.
Fallacies
(85%)
The author, Brooke Singman, uses inflammatory rhetoric multiple times in the article. Trump states 'He can’t hit a ball 50 yards. He challenged me to a golf match–he can’t hit a ball 50 yards.' and later 'That’s the biggest lie that he’s a six handicap of all.' Biden responds with 'You are a child.' and 'Let’s not act like children.', which also falls under inflammatory rhetoric. No formal or informal fallacies were found beyond this.
Trump: 'He can’t hit a ball 50 yards. He challenged me to a golf match–he can’t hit a ball 50 yards.'
Biden: 'You are a child.'
Bias
(95%)
The author, Brooke Singman, makes multiple statements that demonstrate a bias towards former President Trump. She reports on Trump's claims about Biden's age and golf handicap without providing any counter-evidence or context from Biden. The author also includes quotes from Trump making derogatory comments about Biden and his golf abilities, but does not provide any equivalent quotes from Biden regarding Trump. This creates an imbalance in the article that favors Trump's perspective.
Biden seemingly corrected himself, saying: "I was a eight handicap. Yeah. Eight."
Brooke Singman is a political correspondent and reporter for Fox News Digital, Fox News Channel and FOX Business.
But Biden replied: "You are a child."
But Trump reminded that he has taken two cognitive tests. President Joe Biden (R) and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump participate in the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. President Biden and former President Trump are facing off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign.
Trump added: "I think Im in very good shapeI feel Im in as good shape as I was 25, 30 years ago. Actually, Im probably a little bit lighter, but Im in as good shape as I was years ago. I feel very good. I feel the same."
Trump fired back: "That’s the biggest lie that he’s a six handicap of all."
Trump claimed to have won two club championships recently, while also boasting about his cognitive and fitness test results.
Biden responded by saying he was happy to participate in a driving contest with Trump, claiming his handicap was a six or eight (depending on the statement).
A factual check reveals that both candidates exaggerated their golf abilities. Biden’s official handicap index maintained with the United States Golf Association was 6.7, but he has not listed a score since 2018.
Rick Reilly, the author of a book about Trump’s golf fabrications, stated that Trump ‘cheats like a mafia accountant’ and is known as ‘Pelé’ among his playing partners for kicking the ball in an unusual manner.
Accuracy
Trump's claim of winning two club championships recently
Biden's claim of having a handicap of six or eight during the debate
Trump's boast about his cognitive and fitness test results
Deception
(30%)
The author makes editorializing statements and engages in emotional manipulation by making fun of Trump's golf abilities and Biden's inconsistency regarding his handicap. The article also contains selective reporting as it only reports details that support the author's position.
For the first hour and 20 minutes of Thursday night’s presidential debate, Joe Biden and Donald Trump gracefully and thoughtfully debated the day’s critical issues.
Biden then said: ‘I was an eight handicap. Eight.’ He tried to keep talking but could not get the words out, so it’s not clear if he was ultimately claiming to be a six or an eight handicap.
Trump, after bragging about his performance on cognitive and fitness tests, brought his answer to the links. ‘I just won two club championships—not even senior,’ the former president said.
Trump was incredulous: ‘That’s the biggest lie—that he was a six handicap of all.’ (In golf, a lower handicap is better. It represents, more or less, how many strokes over par a player can be expected to shoot in a given round. Anything in the single digits is good, and anything close to zero is great.)
Biden replied: ‘I’d be happy to have a driving contest. I got my handicap when I was vice president down to a six.’
Who would win this golf match in hell? First, a little fact check: As it concerns their respective golf abilities, both candidates for president were absolutely, utterly full of shit...
Fallacies
(85%)
The author makes an appeal to authority when stating that Jack Nicklaus, a Trump supporter, considers Trump to be the best golfer among presidents. This is a fallacy because it relies on the credibility of Nicklaus as a golf expert and his potential bias towards Trump.
The Golden Bear has said Trump is the best player of the several presidents with whom he’s teed it up.
Bias
(80%)
The author makes biased statements about the golf abilities of Joe Biden and Donald Trump. He calls Trump a 'liar' and 'cheater' in relation to his golf skills, but provides no evidence for these claims beyond anecdotal testimonials from unnamed sources. The author also implies that Biden may not be currently good at golf, but does not provide any evidence or reasoning for this claim.
But no human in the history of the world has had better access to high-level facilities and instruction than Donald Trump, so his not being a pretty decent player would be astonishing.
He cheats like a mafia accountant.
I do not believe that Biden would currently beat Trump in a golf match.
Trump reports an excellent 2.5 handicap with the USGA, which I find completely implausible.
President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump discussed their golf games during the presidential debate
Trump claimed he had won two club championships at one of his own courses
Biden’s golf handicap is listed as 6.7 on the USGA website, last updated in July 2018
Accuracy
Biden's golf handicap is listed as 6.7 on the USGA website, last updated in July 2018
Trump accused Biden of lying about his golf handicap during the debate and called it ‘the biggest lie’
Biden's most recent golf update was in March, with a handicap of 6.7
Trump’s most recent golf update was in June, with a handicap of 2.5
Deception
(30%)
The article contains selective reporting and emotional manipulation. The author focuses on the golf exchange between Trump and Biden during the debate, implying that it was a significant moment when in reality it was only a small part of the debate. The author also uses emotive language such as 'heated exchanges' and 'nerve' to manipulate the reader's emotions. Additionally, there is no disclosure of sources for some of the information presented in the article.
Trump even dug out a clip from last year that had been edited, in an attempt at humor, to look like Trump hit a ball that then strikes Biden and knocks him down
One was an almost four-minute compilation showing Trump driving, chipping, and putting golf balls set to bizarrely incongruous dramatic music
Fallacies
(85%)
The author, Dan Ladden-Hall, engages in several informal fallacies throughout the article. He uses inflammatory rhetoric by repeatedly referring to Trump's golf clips as 'late-night trolling sessions' and Biden's golf game as 'golf game which has repeatedly been alleged to include brazen cheating'. The author also makes an appeal to authority when mentioning the United States Golf Association website and the Associated Press. However, no formal fallacies were found.
][The author] calls Trump's golf clips 'late-night trolling sessions'[[1], 0.3567], ['golf game which has repeatedly been alleged to include brazen cheating'[1], 0.4289]
[The author] quotes Biden saying 'What a bunch of malarkey.'[[1], 0.6723]
[The author] mentions the United States Golf Association website and the Associated Press as sources for Biden and Trump's golf handicaps[[1], 0.8456]
Bias
(95%)
The author, Dan Ladden-Hall, demonstrates a clear political bias towards former President Donald Trump in this article. He provides multiple examples of the author quoting and describing Trump's actions and words in a way that is favorable to Trump. The author also mentions Biden's golf handicap twice, but only in relation to Trump's claims about it, without providing any context or perspective of its own. This disproportionate focus on Trump over Biden can be seen as an example of monetary bias, as the article is published on The Daily Beast and generating clicks and engagement through controversial content about Trump would likely bring more revenue to the site.
Biden’s shot at Trump came amid alarm about the Democrat’s debate performance from his own supporters, with his fumbling delivery leaving many wondering if he could be replaced on the ticket before November.
One of the most heated exchanges of Thursday night… concerned their respective golf games.
Trump even dug out a clip from last year that had been edited, in an attempt at humor, to look like Trump hit a ball that then strikes Biden and knocks him down, using footage of the president’s fall at the Air Force Academy last year.
