Many sources on X and on news aggregators across the web were perpetually spreading the claim that CNN imposed a delay on their broadcasting of the first presidential debate in order to edit parts if needed. The delay was said to be one-two minutes long. However, this claim has been disproved by a plethora of sources and is evidently false. With the original post receiving over 7,000 likes on X, and even more having viewed the claim via circulation across media platforms, it is troubling how quickly Americans tend to believe either what they want to believe or what any old source tells them is true.