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Biden lobbying media to squelch stories and refuse ads tied to his long list of gaffes

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the UFCW Forum, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019, at Prairie Meadows Hotel in Altoona, Iowa. (Bryon Houlgrave/The Des Moines Register via AP)

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Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden has shown flimsy fealty to the facts in his own political career, but his campaign is now fighting to be the arbiter of truth, lobbying media outlets to squelch stories and refuse ads he says stretch the truth.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, of Calif., arrives for an expected meeting with former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, on Capitol Hill, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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President Donald Trump speaks at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Former White House advisor on Russia, Fiona Hill, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, as she is scheduled to testify before congressional lawmakers as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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People standing on a rooftop in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, at the border with Syria, watch as in the background smoke billows from fires caused by Turkish bombardment in Tal Abyad, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. Turkey's official Anadolu news agency says Turkey-backed Syrian forces have advanced into the center of a Syrian border town, Tal Abyad, on the fifth day of the Turkey's military offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the UFCW Forum, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019, at Prairie Meadows Hotel in Altoona, Iowa. (Bryon Houlgrave/The Des Moines Register via AP)

Biden lobbying media to squelch stories and refuse ads tied to his long list of gaffes

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