{"id":1996343,"date":"2023-08-10T08:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T12:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-posts-glenn-kessler-deserves-four-pinocchios-for-his-botched-biden-burisma-fact-check\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T08:18:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T12:18:17","slug":"washington-posts-glenn-kessler-deserves-four-pinocchios-for-his-botched-biden-burisma-fact-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-posts-glenn-kessler-deserves-four-pinocchios-for-his-botched-biden-burisma-fact-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post earns four &#8216;Pinocchios&#8217; for his flawed Biden-Burisma fact check."},"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\">30<\/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%2Fwashington-posts-glenn-kessler-deserves-four-pinocchios-for-his-botched-biden-burisma-fact-check%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=1996343&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 class=\"article-content\">\n<blockquote>\n<h2>The \u2062Washington Post&#8217;s Controversial Fact \u2064Check on \u2063Hunter Biden&#8217;s\u2064 Laptop<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For the \u2063second time\u2064 in three years, The Washington Post has\u2063 quietly\u2063 &#8220;updated&#8221;\u200d one of the most consequential fact checks \u2063in\u2063 the history of American politics.\u200c The original article, published in \u2064October 2020, undercut reports that Hunter Biden arranged a dinner meeting between one of his foreign business clients and his\u200b father, \u200cwho was then vice\u2063 president of the \u200dUnited States.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 fact check involved interviews \u2062with Biden aides who \u200ddisputed the vice president&#8217;s attendance at the dinner and questioned the authenticity of the \u2062laptop \u2062that contained the information. This theory was quickly embraced\u2063 by former intelligence officials and used to discredit the information\u200b in the final days of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>However, recent testimony from Hunter Biden&#8217;s former business partner\u200c confirmed the New York Post&#8217;s reporting about the dinner. The Washington Post has since appended a series\u200c of &#8220;updates&#8221; to its \u200creporting,\u200d but has not\u2062 retracted the article or issued a straightforward correction.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the mounting evidence, the Post has \u2064not published \u2063a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-posts-glenn-kessler-deserves-four-pinocchios-for-his-botched-biden-burisma-fact-check\/\" title=\"Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post earns four 'Pinocchios' for his flawed Biden-Burisma fact check.\">separate news story examining<\/a> its own \u2062errors, which misinformed voters ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Republican lawmakers argue that the \u200bPost&#8217;s inaccurate fact-checking is indicative\u2062 of a larger problem in the Washington press corps, where evidence of Biden family corruption is\u2064 being ignored.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-fact-checks-joe-biden-listing-multiple-times-us-defaulted-on-debt\/\" title=\"Twitter fact-checks Biden, cites multiple US debt defaults.\">fact-checking feature<\/a>, led by \u2063Glenn \u200cKessler, has faced criticism for its handling of the Biden-Burisma dinner story. Kessler, who portrays himself as a neutral arbiter of truth, has been accused of being \u200btoo trusting of his Biden sources. The Post has\u200b run six\u200c corrections across\u200c its \u200doriginal\u2064 and revised stories about the laptop emails and the dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these\u2063 controversies, Kessler \u200band The Washington Post continue to play \u200ca\u200d significant role in fact-checking and shaping \u2064public opinion. The fact-checking feature is\u2064 part \u2062of the Post&#8217;s national-news section and \u2064has its own team, including researchers and videographers.<\/p>\n<p>While Kessler promises to\u200d be non-partisan in his fact-checking, his \u200cpersonal connections and his \u200dwife&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/microsoft-will-suspend-donations-to-any-gop-lawmakers-who-challenged-2020-election-results\/\" title=\"Microsoft Will Suspend Donations to Any GOP Lawmakers Who Challenged 2020 Election Results\">political donations<\/a> raise \u200bquestions about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morgan-stanley-requests-employees-fulfill-diversity-quota-in-job-application-process\/\" title=\"Morgan Stanley Requests Employees Fulfill \u2018Diversity\u2019 Quota In Job Application Process\">potential bias<\/a>. Kessler&#8217;s late mother was a committed Democrat, and\u200b his wife has donated to Democratic candidates, including\u2062 Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the handling of the Biden-Burisma dinner \u200dstory by \u200bThe Washington Post&#8217;s \u200bfact-checking feature highlights the \u2062challenges and controversies surrounding fact-checking in today&#8217;s media landscape.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Key Takeaways:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Washington Post quietly \u200cupdated a fact check on Hunter\u200c Biden&#8217;s alleged dinner meeting.<\/li>\n<li>Recent testimony confirmed \u200bthe New York Post&#8217;s reporting about\u2062 the dinner.<\/li>\n<li>The Post has appended \u200d&#8221;updates&#8221; to its reporting but has not retracted the \u2062article.<\/li>\n<li>Republican \u2063lawmakers argue that the \u200dPost&#8217;s fact-checking \u2063is indicative of a \u2064larger problem in the Washington press corps.<\/li>\n<li>Glenn Kessler, the fact-checker, has faced criticism \u2064for his handling of the story.<\/li>\n<li>Questions about potential bias arise due to Kessler&#8217;s \u200cpersonal connections and his wife&#8217;s political donations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This article was originally published by RealClearInvestigations.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Post has discreetly revised its October 2020 fact check, which disputed claims of Hunter Biden arranging a dinner meeting between his father, then vice president, and a foreign business client. 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