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Reuters confuses Buttigieg with O’Rourke in photo about ex-candidate backing Biden

3-3-2020 < RT 13 216 words
 

The field of candidates vying for the Democratic Party’s 2020 nominee has been extremely crowded, so you could be forgiven for at times confusing some of those involved, as news agency Reuters appeared to in a tweet sent Tuesday.


Sharing a link to a report about Joe Biden meeting with some of his ex-rivals for the party’s presidential election nod, the text said he and Pete Buttigieg “unite to stop [Bernie] Sanders” – but the image was of Texan Beto O’Rourke, not the ex-mayor of South Bend, Indiana.



The article itself makes it clearer that O’Rourke also caught up with Biden at a fast food restaurant in Dallas, but the headline and opening paragraphs focused on Buttigieg’s meeting with the former vice president at a different venue. 


Twitter users were confused by the juxtaposition of the Buttigieg line and the photo of Biden with O’Rourke, as one joked that “Pete looks a lot like Beto.” 






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