ASSOCIATED PRESS pulls story fact-checking whether JD VANCE had sex with a couch.
Vance, the former Bay Area resident who was recently tapped to be frump’s running mate, is the subject of a viral online rumor spawned by a July 15 post on X. The post, from user @rickrudescalves, said Vance admitted to “f—king an inside-out latex glove shoved between two couch cushions” in his bestselling 2016 memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.”
This reporter has read “Hillbilly Elegy,” and no such passage exists. Regardless, the post quickly went viral, causing several news outlets to publish reports debunking the claim. Mysteriously, though, the AP deleted its report Thursday.
A statement from the AP, which other news outlets pay in order to run articles written by the wire service’s journalists, didn’t offer many details as to why its story debunking the claim was deleted.
“The story, which did not go out on the wire to our customers, didn’t go through our standard editing process,” an Associated Press spokesperson told SFGATE in an email. “We are looking into how that happened.”
A representative for Vance did not immediately reply to a text from SFGATE.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 26, 2024 12:58 PM
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Twitter is not a reliable source of information.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 26, 2024 1:40 AM
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He may not have had sex with with a couch but I have a blanket I could sell you.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 26, 2024 1:42 AM
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I saw the rumor swirling online and dismissed it. This only proves that platform is no longer a credible source of information. I used the platform during the pandemic and it was useful for me then. After it was sold the trolls and bots immediately took over.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 26, 2024 1:49 AM
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This is petty. Men fuck all kinds of things.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 26, 2024 1:58 AM
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Is there no longer any actual news that this is what we are reporting on now. Can we possibly sink any lower?
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 26, 2024 2:05 AM
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It's gossip. Gossip isn't news. In this instance it was completely fabricated, no pun intended. Not worth repeating.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 26, 2024 2:07 AM
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I read that book and he was much too image conscious to make such a declaration. Basically he was superior to all the people in his life throughout his life. That was the theme of the book.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 26, 2024 2:24 AM
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And the couch would have turned him down anyway.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 26, 2024 2:40 AM
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The gloves said no thanks too
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 26, 2024 2:42 AM
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[quote]He may not have had sex with with a couch but I have a blanket I could sell you.
Michael, is that you? We thought you were dead. BTW, selling children is still illegal.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 26, 2024 12:58 PM
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