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Is Dick Cheney Advising President-Elect Biden?
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Is Dick Cheney Advising President-Elect Biden?

No.

Alec Dent
Nov 11, 2020
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A tweet claiming that CNN reported former Vice President Dick Cheney will be advising President-elect Joe Biden on foreign policy went viral on Twitter:

Twitter avatar for @WahidSakaKhanWahid @WahidSakaKhan
CNN says Dick Cheney will be advising Biden on foreign policy.

November 7th 2020

2,008 Retweets4,952 Likes

CNN has reported no such thing. A review of the network’s recent election coverage does not include any reporting to suggest Cheney will advise Biden in any capacity, and CNN's head of strategic communications, Matt Dornic, took to Twitter to set the record straight:

Twitter avatar for @mdornicMatt Dornic @mdornic
No. CNN did not report this @WahidSakaKhan.
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November 9th 2020

836 Retweets3,457 Likes


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The Chad
Writes That's A Lock Nov 11, 2020Liked by Alec Dent

Poor Alec lol

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Will
Nov 11, 2020

He should be! And the Biden Admin would do well to listen.

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