The declare: Picture exhibits headline saying Biden ‘exemplifies the gospel’ by pardoning son
A Dec. 3 Fb put up (direct link, archive link) contains a picture that seems to be a screenshot of an article by The Gospel Coalition, a Christian information and commentary web site.
“By Pardoning His Son Joe Biden Exemplifies The Gospel,” reads the headline of the supposed article.
Different variations of the declare circulated on Facebook, Instagram and X.
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The picture is fabricated. No such article seems on The Gospel Coalition’s web site, and the outlet described the picture as a “hoax.”
Moore turned Christianity Immediately editor-in-chief in 2022
President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, on Dec. 1 – months after the youthful Biden was convicted of federal gun and tax costs. The president beforehand stated he wouldn’t pardon his son however wrote in his statement announcing the pardon that “uncooked politics has contaminated this course of and it led to a miscarriage of justice.”
However the purported headline evaluating his actions to the gospel is fabricated.
“This story is a hoax,” The Gospel Coalition editor-in-chief Collin Hansen instructed USA TODAY. “We by no means revealed such an article.”
Accordingly, no such article seems on The Gospel Coalition’s website.
The Fb put up lists the supposed creator of the article as “Russel Moore,” an obvious misspelling of Russell Moore, a theologian who beforehand led the Southern Baptist Conference’s Ethics and Non secular Liberty Fee and has written for the Christian web site. His most up-to-date article for the outlet was published in June 2022. He was named the editor-in-chief of Christianity Today in August of that 12 months.
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USA TODAY reached out to the consumer who shared the put up for remark however didn’t instantly obtain a response.
Our fact-check sources
- Collin Hansen, Dec. 10, Electronic mail change with USA TODAY
- The Gospel Coalition, accessed Dec. 9, Russell Moore
- The Gospel Coalition, accessed Dec. 9, Website search
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