{"id":1587583,"date":"2022-08-03T17:25:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T21:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1587583"},"modified":"2022-08-03T17:25:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T21:25:34","slug":"fact-check-did-the-washington-post-publish-an-article-calling-for-joe-biden-to-cancel-the-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-washington-post-publish-an-article-calling-for-joe-biden-to-cancel-the-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did The Washington Post Publish An Article Calling For Joe Biden To Cancel The Midterms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-the-washington-post-publish-an-article-calling-for-joe-biden-to-cancel-the-midterms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1587583&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-175646115-scaled-e1659449194444.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An image\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=10158428129571956&#038;set=a.426512986955\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid%3D10158428129571956%26set%3Da.426512986955&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1659486426033000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3B5VJclB-8dpYjCKj_KVVF\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims The Washington Post published an op-ed suggesting that President Joe Biden should cancel the upcoming 2022 midterm elections \u201cto save democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image is digitally altered. A spokesperson for The Washington Post denied the outlet published such a piece.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 2022 midterm elections are set to occur Nov. 8, with Republicans currently favored to win back control of the House, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/3581583-republicans-leading-midterm-race-for-house-cbs-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An image shared on Facebook claims The Washington Post published an op-ed suggesting Biden should cancel the elections. The image shows what appears to be a screenshot of an alleged July 28 Washington Post article written by columnist Jennifer Rubin with a headline that reads, \u201cTo save democracy, Biden must cancel the midterms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A similar iteration of the post on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ebeth360\/status\/1553508657270099969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> has been retweeted over 3,600 times and liked over 21,000 times.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There it is <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fgx7uS4APj\">pic.twitter.com\/Fgx7uS4APj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 e-beth (@ebeth360) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ebeth360\/status\/1553508657270099969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The image is digitally fabricated. Check Your Fact reviewed The Washington Post\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/?itid=nb_opinions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opinion page<\/a> and verified <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=democracy%20(from%3Awashingtonpost)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/6250307292\/search\/?q=midterm%20democracy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/washingtonpost\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accounts<\/a> and found no trace of the alleged article. There is likewise no mention of the article on Rubin\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/people\/jennifer-rubin\/?itid=nb_opinions_jennifer-rubin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">author page<\/a> or verified <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=democracy%20midterm%20(from%3AJRubinBlogger)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/582556956\/search\/?q=democracy%20midterm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> accounts.<\/p>\n<p>The article appears to be an altered version of a genuine July 28 Rubin piece titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/07\/28\/economy-recession-fed-reserve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Recession or jobs boom? It\u2019s not so simple<\/a><span data-qa=\"headline-opinion-text\">.\u201d<\/span><span data-qa=\"headline-opinion-text\"> Rubin also wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/07\/28\/democrats-midterms-5-factors-that-give-them-fighting-chance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/07\/28\/request-disbar-john-eastman-recusal-clarence-ginni-thomas-a-test-for-the-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">other<\/a> articles July 28, including one titled \u201c5 factors that give Democrats a fighting chance in November.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-qa=\"headline-opinion-text\">Neither article calls for the elections to be canceled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Post did not publish that,\u201d said Molly Gannon, the director of communications for The Washington Post, in an email to Check Your Fact.<\/p>\n<p>The viral image appears to have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ebeth360\/status\/1553508657270099969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">originated<\/a> with a Twitter user who later <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ebeth360\/status\/1553820576455593984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clarified<\/a> it was satire.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yes this is satire. The fact people can\u2019t tell is the problem. Why is Jennifer Rubin still employed?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 e-beth (@ebeth360) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ebeth360\/status\/1553820576455593984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYes this is satire. The fact people can\u2019t tell is the problem. Why is Jennifer Rubin still employed?\u201d the user tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time a fake Washington Post article has gone viral. Check Your Fact recently <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/04\/18\/fact-check-washington-post-china-trees-article\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> an image claiming to show an article from the outlet about China forcing \u201chundreds of millions of trees to exist every year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image\u00a0shared on Facebook claims The Washington Post published an op-ed suggesting that President Joe Biden should cancel the upcoming 2022 midterm elections \u201cto save democracy.\u201dVerdict: False The image is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1587583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1587583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1587583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1587583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1587583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}