{"id":1647166,"date":"2022-09-19T12:24:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T16:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1647166"},"modified":"2022-09-19T12:25:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T16:25:10","slug":"fact-checking-not-at-all-coincidentally-disappears-under-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-checking-not-at-all-coincidentally-disappears-under-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFact Checking\u201d Not-at-All Coincidentally Disappears Under Biden"},"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\">14<\/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-checking-not-at-all-coincidentally-disappears-under-biden%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=1647166&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><\/div>\n<p>Fact-checking under President Trump was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/how-fact-checker-tracked-trump-claims\/2021\/01\/23\/ad04b69a-5c1d-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bustling business<\/a>. Seemingly every day, and sometimes by the hour, the 45th president\u2019s every word was scrutinized, which all comes with the job.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But under President Biden, fact checkers are enjoying what feels like extended vacations or have simply checked out in terms of scrutinizing the many ways that he is <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/finance\/3566045-bidens-six-favorite-lies-about-inflation-and-the-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">misleading the public<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Take CNN fact-checker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/what-ever-happened-to-daniel-dale-cnn-fact-checker-has-disappeared-from-air-post-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daniel Dale<\/a> as a prime example of apathy around holding the current president accountable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From June 2019 until November 2020, Dale appeared or was mentioned on CNN more than once per day, on average, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/what-ever-happened-to-daniel-dale-cnn-fact-checker-has-disappeared-from-air-post-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to Mediaite<\/a>. Estimating conservatively,<\/p>\n<p>that\u2019s more than 500 appearances or mentions on a national network in the span of just 16 months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Dale has become the fact-checker version of Edward Snowden under Biden. He\u2019s almost impossible to find these days. In fact, Dale has not conducted\u00a0even one\u00a0fact-check of the president since June.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Biden supporters will insist that Dale simply doesn\u2019t have any material to work with. But that\u2019s not true. In August, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/inflation-zero-biden-criticized-picking-monthly-figure-1732934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a> that inflation in July was zero, despite the number being near a 40-year high at 8.3 percent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Biden claimed the Inflation Reduction Act, which <a href=\"https:\/\/budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu\/issues\/2022\/8\/12\/senate-passed-inflation-reduction-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">numerous<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.budget.senate.gov\/ranking-member\/newsroom\/press\/cbo-confirms-to-graham-dems-inflation-reduction-act-wont-reduce-inflation\">studies<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/us\/monthly-us-consumer-prices-unexpectedly-rise-august-core-inflation-picks-up-2022-09-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">concluded<\/a> will do almost nothing to reduce\u00a0inflation, had already \u201chelped reduce inflation at the kitchen table.\u201d In a related story, food prices rose again in August, with the Consumer Price Index up 10.6 percent year-over-year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>There are many other examples from the summer, but you get the point: The most powerful man in the country needs to be held accountable for his words and actions, particularly in an election year, when each side is attempting to shape the narrative through the press. But fact-checkers at mainstream outlets refuse to do it.<\/p>\n<p>The situation is worse when it comes to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. She has been fact-checked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/personalities\/karine-jean-pierre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">only once<\/a> by Politifact since June.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is the same press secretary who claimed earlier this month that people aren\u2019t just walking into this country across the U.S. Southern border, when in fact it\u2019s happening daily, per border agents and <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/border-patrol-agents-slam-karine-192247859.html?soc_src=yahooapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reporting on the ground<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>She also\u00a0claimed the Biden administration is \u201cdoing a lot more [than the Trump administration] to secure the border.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yup. She claimed that the administration that halted border wall construction and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/biden-administration-ends-trump-era-remain-in-mexico-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ended<\/a> the effective \u201cRemain in Mexico\u201d policy is doing more than the previous administration to secure the border.<\/p>\n<p>In a related story, the numbers don\u2019t lie: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.borderreport.com\/immigration\/migrant-encounters-top-2-million-surpass-total-for-last-fiscal-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More than 2 million migrants<\/a> will come into this country illegally this year, an all-time record. This is the easiest of fact-checks to make, but Politifact doesn\u2019t seem interested. Why?\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Overall, since taking over for Jen Psaki on May 13, Jean-Pierre has not been fact-checked\u00a0at all by Factcheck.org, the Associated Press, Reuters, Washington Post or CNN.\u00a0This is the equivalent of being a toll collector in an E-Z Pass lane, a job that doesn\u2019t require, you know,\u00a0actually working.<\/p>\n<p>The perception of fact-checkers has taken a big hit as a result, at least among Republicans and independents. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2019\/06\/27\/republicans-far-more-likely-than-democrats-to-say-fact-checkers-tend-to-favor-one-side\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Pew Research survey<\/a> found that seven in 10 self-identified Republicans say fact-checkers favor one side, while nearly half of independents feel the same way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The midterm elections are 50 days from now.\u00a0The balance of power in Washington hangs in the balance.\u00a0More than ever, words matter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"thehill-promo-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/healthcare\/3650133-was-the-queens-death-necessary-for-progress\/\" class=\"thehill-promo-link__link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\tWas the queen\u2019s death necessary for progress?\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/finance\/3650273-service-sector-shrinkflation-has-some-benefits\/\" class=\"thehill-promo-link__link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\tService sector \u2018shrinkflation\u2019 has some benefits\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>Lies and half-truths must be called out. It shouldn\u2019t matter if a Republican or Democrat occupies the Oval Office. Fact-checkers must hold lawmakers and other public officials accountable without favor to party.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But apparently fact-checkers are mostly on a four-year sabbatical at this point. And it\u2019s pathetic.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joe Concha is a media and politics columnist.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fact-checking under President Trump was a bustling business. Seemingly every day, and sometimes by the hour, the 45th president\u2019s every word was scrutinized, which all comes with the job.\u00a0 But<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1647168,"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-1647166","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\/1647166","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1647166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1647168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1647166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1647166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1647166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}