{"id":1952060,"date":"2023-06-20T16:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T20:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-presidential-fact-checker-hasnt-fact-checked-biden-in-months\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T16:02:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T20:02:30","slug":"cnns-presidential-fact-checker-hasnt-fact-checked-biden-in-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-presidential-fact-checker-hasnt-fact-checked-biden-in-months\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN&#8217;s Presidential Fact Checker Neglects Biden for Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fcnns-presidential-fact-checker-hasnt-fact-checked-biden-in-months%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=1952060&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>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h2>Daniel Dale<\/h2>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>CNN senior presidential fact checker Daniel Dale rose to media fame for his obsessive focus on the statements of former president Donald Trump. Now that Joe Biden is in the White House, though, Dale seems to have lost interest in his main job.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Now:<\/strong> Ahead of Biden&#8217;s inauguration, Dale <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2020\/12\/media-after-trump\/617503\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stressed<\/a> that &#8220;the same &#8216;intensity and rigor&#8217; should be applied to the incoming president,&#8221; with the only difference being that &#8220;Biden doesn&#8217;t lie as much as Trump.&#8221; And Dale&#8217;s Twitter bio <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ddale8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">continues<\/a> to advertise that he&#8217;s all about &#8220;Fact-checking the president.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>But the last time Dale fact-checked Biden was on <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/03\/30\/politics\/fact-check-biden-flamethrowers-machine-guns\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 30<\/a>. For nearly three months now, Dale has exclusively fact-checked Republicans. Eighteen of those <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/search?q=daniel+dale%2C+Biden&#038;from=160&#038;size=10&#038;page=17&#038;sort=newest&#038;types=all&#038;section=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">29 fact checks<\/a> have been of his old b\u00eate noire, Trump, who is running for president again.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump\u2019s &#8216;1,850 boxes!!!&#8221; attack on Biden is bunk. Those boxes are\u2026papers from his Senate career, which he donated to U. of Delaware, which is entirely normal, because senators, unlike presidents, own their records and can do with them what they please:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DVhGAdx4wn\">https:\/\/t.co\/DVhGAdx4wn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ddale8\/status\/1667294226323763204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking down Trump&#8217;s &#8216;Soros&#8217; attack on the Manhattan DA   <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h3NbA1iYGj\">https:\/\/t.co\/h3NbA1iYGj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN France PR (@CNNFrancePR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNFrancePR\/status\/1641848889702752256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, Biden has continued to tell plenty of whoppers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/04\/28\/bidens-misleading-deficit-claim-earns-him-bottomless-pinocchio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>: &#8220;Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-presidential-fact-checker-hasnt-fact-checked-biden-in-months\/\" title=\"CNN's Presidential Fact Checker Neglects Biden for Months\">misleading deficit claim earns<\/a> him a Bottomless Pinocchio&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/04\/26\/us\/politics\/biden-fact-check-grandfather-approval-ratings-jobs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>: &#8220;Fact-Checking the Kickoff to Biden\u2019s Re-election Campaign&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/fact-check-joe-biden-said-republicans-are-banning-books-like-to-kill-a-mockingbird\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Washington Free<\/i> <em>Beacon<\/em><\/a>: &#8220;FACT CHECK: Joe Biden Said Republicans Are &#8216;Banning Books&#8217; Like &#8216;To Kill a Mockingbird.&#8217; Verdict: 4 Clintons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/joe-biden-repeats-false-claim-that-beau-biden-died-in-iraq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Daily Beast<\/em><\/a>: &#8220;Joe Biden Strangely Repeats False Claim That His Son Died in Iraq&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Then:<\/strong> By comparison, here are some of Trump&#8217;s statements as president that Dale deemed in need of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-skips-fact-checking-to-run-with-nurses-unverified-story-about-covid-patients-last-dying-words\/\" title=\"CNN Skips Fact-Checking To Run With Nurse's Unverified Story About COVID Patients 'Last Dying Words'\">fact-checking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As part of a scaremongering segment, Trump warns people that Democrats want to put up windmills (wind turbines) and you&#8217;ll look out your window and see a &#8220;big monster churning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ddale8\/status\/1296533333028089861?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FACT CHECK: President Trump promoted a fake Ronald Reagan quote about him.<\/p>\n<p>While the photo is real, the supposed quote is fake. Reagan never said of Trump, &#8220;&#8230;when I met that young man, I felt like I was the one shaking hands with the president.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/drZXKogcpq\">https:\/\/t.co\/drZXKogcpq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uWHF6Tz4fd\">pic.twitter.com\/uWHF6Tz4fd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN (@CNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1148552713149591553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prominent Native activist Faith Spotted Eagle tells me Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Pocahontas&#8221; is an &#8220;emotional assault&#8221; that &#8220;carries as much weight as a physical assault.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He can phrase it and twist it and distort it any way he wants, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-to-believe-when-experts-lie\/\" title=\"What to Believe When Experts Lie?\">fact remains<\/a>: that name does not belong in his mouth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ddale8\/status\/935261380936192000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dale did not respond to the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>&#8216;s questions about why he is MIA on his beat. But it isn&#8217;t the first time.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FACT CHECK: CNN Fact-Checker Daniel Dale Is &#8216;Fact-Checking the President&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>VERDICT: No, not really.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewStilesUSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AndrewStilesUSA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/65bAjjd8mw\">https:\/\/t.co\/65bAjjd8mw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeBeacon\/status\/1615382538637438977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dale would hardly be alone in moving the journalistic goal posts since Trump left office.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Biden tripped on a sandbag and fell as he completed handing out diplomas at the US Air Force Academy commencement in Colorado. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-calls-bidens-fall-symbolic-about-the-state-of-the-country\/\" title=\"DeSantis sees Biden's fall as a symbol of the country's state.\">appeared fine afterward<\/a>, walking without assistance to his seat in the stands. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PBJZayPWp0\">https:\/\/t.co\/PBJZayPWp0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN (@CNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1664360191825960962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Trump defends cautious walk down ramp, which raised questions about his health <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z68ZleNtQ9\">https:\/\/t.co\/z68ZleNtQ9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VBI3aEfB16\">pic.twitter.com\/VBI3aEfB16<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNPolitics\/status\/1272771159831052289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Dale, CNN&#8217;s senior presidential fact checker, gained prominence for meticulously scrutinizing former President Donald Trump&#8217;s statements. However, since Joe Biden assumed office, Dale appears to have waned in his dedication to his primary role. Prior to Biden&#8217;s inauguration, Dale emphasized that &#8220;the same level of scrutiny&#8221; would be applied to the new administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":309,"featured_media":1952061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[3620,29197,4881,6461,13434,3849],"class_list":["post-1952060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-biden","tag-checker","tag-cnns","tag-months","tag-neglects","tag-presidential"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952060","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\/309"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1952060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1952061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1952060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1952060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1952060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}