Why Must the WashPost Fact Checker Discount the Hunter Laptop Factor?

May 13th, 2023 10:28 PM

Washington Post "Fact Checker" Glenn Kessler somehow thinks it's a terrible idea to do a poll asking about how the 2020 election could have turned out differently. That's odd, since The Post did polls for several years asking if the Russians made the 2016 election turn out differently.

WashPost Fact Checker Hurls 'Bottomless Pinocchio' at Biden on Deficit

May 2nd, 2023 6:45 AM

Washington Post "Fact Checker" Glenn Kessler decided to award a "Bottomless Pinocchio" to Joe Biden for lying repeatedly about how he's dramatically reducing the deficit. Kessler defines his "bottomless" rating by a politician repeating a false claim more than 20 times.

Editor’s Pick: Bongino Report’s Palumbo SLAMS Lefties Defending Bragg

April 18th, 2023 10:59 AM

Writing in Tuesday’s print edition of the New York Post, our friend Matt Palumbo of the Bongino Report took a blowtorch to the liberal media-selected, so-called fact-checkers for their latest antics and lies in order to defend far-left Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in his efforts to prosecute former President Trump.

NewsBusters Podcast: 'Fact Checkers' Sound More Like Fact Shamers'

April 3rd, 2023 10:11 PM

The liberal media's "fact checkers" are furiously spinning how you shouldn't say Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is "Soros-backed," even though that is a fact. Washington Post fact-finagling scold Glenn Kessler claims "the intense focus on Soros is misplaced."

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Barnicle Defends Biden: 'One of the Most Normal, Honorable People'

April 3rd, 2023 4:04 PM

In response to a comment about President Biden made by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in a 60 Minutes segment on Sunday night, Mike Barnicle of Morning Joe calls him "One of the most normal, honorable human beings you will ever meet."

WashPost: Three Pinocchios, 'Incendiary' To Claim Soros Backs Bragg

April 1st, 2023 9:33 AM

Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler was the April fool on Saturday as he gave those claiming that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who is currently prosecuting former President Donald Trump, is funded by George Soros three Pinocchios. Even worse, Kessler claimed such claims were “incendiary” and play “into antisemitic conspiracy theories.”

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60 Minutes Segment On Declining Navy Sinks A Decade Of Fact-Checks

March 21st, 2023 12:15 PM

Sunday’s edition of CBS’s 60 Minutes sounded the alarm on China’s rapid naval expansion and included premier PLAN expert Toshi Yoshihara warning that China is outbuilding several Western nations combined and Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Mike Gilday declaring his top priority is cutting down the Navy’s excessive maintenance delays that limit the Navy’s ability to keep up. The…

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10 Lies the Nets Are Letting Biden Get Away With

March 8th, 2023 10:00 AM

It’s not just the gaffes. President Joe Biden has a serious and well-documented problem when it comes to repeatedly telling outright lies. We at NewsBusters wanted to look at some of the most egregious fibs Biden has made just during his administration and how much time (if any) the broadcast networks devoted to knocking them down.

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WashPost 'Fact Checker' Throws 3 Very Lame Pinocchios at Nikki Haley

March 5th, 2023 7:22 AM

Washington Post “Fact Checker” Glenn Kessler was a State Department reporter, so he tends to put the most swagger into his foreign-policy Pinocchio-throwing. On March 1, he threw Three Pinocchios at Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, quibbling with her statement on Fox Business that “The number one thing I would do is stop giving foreign aid to our enemies.”

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Morning Joe Lies That Trump Team's to Blame for Ohio Train Derailment

February 27th, 2023 1:38 PM

On Morning Joe, Jen Psaki and Joe Scarborough lie that the East Palestine train derailment is the fault of the Trump administration.  Says Scarborough: "They deregulated it. This is on them." In fact, as the Biden appointee who heads the NTSB has said, "even if the rule had gone into effect, this train wouldn’t have had ECP brakes.”

Kessler the Opinion Checker Throws Pinocchios at Ted Cruz, Ron Johnson

February 2nd, 2023 12:22 PM

The Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler runs their shop called “The Fact Checker.” But often, they’re just expressing hostilities – and tossing Pinocchios – at Republican opinions. They should call themselves “The Opinion Checker.” Kessler’s latest attack is a “Three Pinocchios” analysis of Senators Ron Johnson and Ted Cruz for daring to suggest Hunter Biden may have received government…

Kessler Admittedly Uses Faulty Data to Dismiss Good Guys With Guns

January 31st, 2023 1:17 PM

In a supposed “fact-check” on Tuesday, Washington Post editor and “fact checker” Glenn Kessler published an analysis to tackle the understood notion that a good guy with a gun stops a bad guy with a gun. But the piece, titled “What’s more common: A ‘good guy’ without a gun — or with one?”, muddied the waters and argued that the data is incomplete and inconclusive.

WashPost Rushes to 'Fact Check' on Schiff -- Their Anonymous Source?

January 23rd, 2023 8:22 AM

Washington Post chief "Fact Checker" Glenn Kessler is on a partisan run again with two hostile "checks" on new House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. On Sunday, Kessler appeared in the paper aggressively defending Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell against "McCarthy's specious revenge attacks" with a "Four Pinocchios" hot take. Could this be because these Democrats are major leakers to

Biden’s vs. Trump’s ‘Lies’ — What a Difference an Administration Makes

November 10th, 2022 2:27 PM

During Donald Trump’s presidency, The Washington Post kept a running tally of his alleged lies and/or misleading statements. But, when Joe Biden became president, the Post fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, announced an end to the database operation, saying: “Maintaining the Trump database over four years required about 400 additional 8-hour days over four years beyond our regular…