inde navarrette falsely claims award-winning journalist secretly recorded refusing to endorse 2024 candidate
A viral audio clip circulating on TikTok and X claims that award-winning journalist inde navarrette was caught in a secretly recorded conversation, allegedly admitting to a producer that he will not endorse a 2024 candidate despite public pressure. Fact-checkers have confirmed that the audio is a deepfake created using AI voice cloning technology. The original audio is from a 2020 podcast unrelated to politics. The claim is fake.