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truth or fake Catalina Maran duu is here in studio again this evening Catalina you're taking us back to the US election campaign KLA Harris is being accused of wearing an earpiece during that highly anticipated debate tell us more that's actually one of the many wild conspiracy theories to come out from uh Tuesday night's televised debate between camela Harris and Donald Trump these are rumors mainly promoted uh by prominent farri accounts on X uh on these posts that are seen millions of times on the platform claiming busted she's wearing earphone earrings users spreading these claims actually say that camela Harris was wearing What's called the Nova H1 audio earring the first and only wireless earphones embedded in a pair of pearl earring on a gold or silver plated clip so these users are also sharing this publicity photo of this earpiece right here as you can see very very similar to the one uh to the ones worn by the Democratic nominee during the latest presidential debate uh so is there any truth to this uh Ken or there just more rumors well Sharon will admit the resemblance is striking however we did find that these claims are fake based on the specifications of these headphones these earbuds that we're going to show actually contain components that are essential to their operation ation such as battery onoff button Etc specifications on these earrings uh that uh that the ones worned by camela are lacking hence would prevent the Nova H1 earpiece from working uh there's also clear physical difference between both these earphones are more of a clipon type earring whereas Harris's earrings are for pierced earlobes like hers uh C Harris actually seems to be wearing a pair of earrings from Tiffany and Co called the south sea pearl earrings according to this Whata War website another version of these earrings is also available on the Tiffany's website in silver and camela Harris was also spotted wearing these earrings earrings in various occasions uh including this public event in July 2024 here registered by Getty image images and she was even wearing them right now spotted right now as we speak in her latest rally in Charlotte North Carolina so it seems to go see it seems to be her goto pair H the company that manufactures these Bluetooth earrings that are at the heart of this conspiracy or controversy also weighed in they with humor they say the company is working on a male counter part that will soon be able to offer to the Trump campaign although they add the choice of color will be a bit challenging they say Obviously taking a jab at Donald Trump's Infamous T that these the earpiece accusations it's not the first time they've surfaced following a presidential debate is it Catalina that's right the Trump that uh the claim that Trump opponents are wearing an earpiece is actually a classic when it comes to debate conspiracy theories there's actually an entire timeline we explain following Joe Biden and Trump's latest debate in June users on X claimed and without evidence that President Biden was wearing an earpiece Trump's campaign actually run various Facebook ads accusing Joe Biden of wearing an earpiece back during their September 2020 debate and Hillary Clinton was also falsely accused of wearing an earpiece in 2016 during an NBC Forum when she was running against Donald Trump although these claims are not necessarily limited to right-wing conspiracies back in 2004 George W bush uh was also accused of wearing a hidden transmitter and cheating during a debate against John KY with this photo that the media called the mystery bulge uh internet rumors that were later debunked as well so don't be fooled by these baseless accusations thanks for clearing it up for us Catalina thank you so much for that well that is it from us for now stay with us though we'll be right back with more world news [Music]