Wed Nov 2, 2022 – 8:17 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — The Biden administration’s White House Twitter account opted to delete a misleading tweet after it was hit with an embarrassing “context-check” on the platform, which is now under new ownership by billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk.
The White House had tweeted out a celebratory message on Wednesday, congratulating U.S. President Joe Biden for overseeing “the biggest increase” in American seniors’ social security checks in a decade.
However, the tweet was quickly taken down after a “context-check” noted that the increase was actually due to an automatic adjustment triggered by skyrocketing inflation that has reached its highest point in four decades under the Biden administration.
According to a description provided under the context message, “Context is written by people who use Twitter, and appears when rated helpful by others.”
White House: seniors are getting the biggest SS increase in 10 years.
Context-checkers: That’s because inflation is the highest it’s been in decades.
White House: *deletes tweet*
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— Spike Cohen (@RealSpikeCohen) November 2, 2022
SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who closed his $44 billion deal to purchase Twitter on Thursday, responded
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