{"id":2282798,"date":"2024-06-24T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T20:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-biggest-story-of-the-year-fact-check-outlet-snopes-admits-lefts-major-claim-about-trump-is-false\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T16:07:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T20:07:16","slug":"the-biggest-story-of-the-year-fact-check-outlet-snopes-admits-lefts-major-claim-about-trump-is-false","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-biggest-story-of-the-year-fact-check-outlet-snopes-admits-lefts-major-claim-about-trump-is-false\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Biggest Story of the Year&#8217;: Fact-Check Outlet Snopes Admits Left\u2019s Major Claim About Trump Is False"},"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%2Fthe-biggest-story-of-the-year-fact-check-outlet-snopes-admits-lefts-major-claim-about-trump-is-false%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=2282798&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--><p>The article discusses a \u200drecent correction made by\u2062 Snopes, \u200da <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/babylon-bee-ceo-how-the-left-is-killing-comedy\/\" title=\"Babylon Bee CEO: How The Left Is Killing Comedy\">fact-checking website<\/a>, regarding a statement made by\u2062 former President Donald Trump during the Charlottesville incident in \u20642017. Snopes clarified that Trump did not refer to neo-Nazis as &#8220;very \u200cfine people,&#8221; but rather \u200dwas speaking about participants on both sides of a debate concerning Confederate statues. This correction comes seven years after the incident and amidst criticisms that Snopes and other media \u200doutlets delayed\u2064 addressing the misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>The article also highlights the political implications of this correction, particularly\u200d its potential \u200dimpact\u2062 on\u200d a presidential debate and the\u200c accuracy\u2063 of Joe Biden&#8217;s past campaign assertions, which\u200d referenced the misquoted statement. Moreover, \u2063it discusses broader concerns about media bias, fact-checking delays, and their impact \u2064on public understanding and\u200c political narratives.<\/p>\n<p>The piece concludes by urging the need for accurate reporting and criticizing\u200d the political leadership of President Biden,\u200c portraying his administration \u200din a negative\u2063 light with regard to various national issues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/jsaunders\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/jsaunders\/%20\"><span>Joe Saunders<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 24, 2024 at 11:25am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Seven years down the line, Snopes is correcting the record.<\/p>\n<p>The leftist-leaning website purports to be a \u201cfact-checker\u201d of current events but somehow missed its chance to set the establishment media narrative straight about one of the crucial events of former President Donald Trump\u2019s first year in office.<\/p>\n<p>Considering now-President Joe Biden cited that deliberately false narrative as one of his reasons for running, the Snopes \u201cfact check\u201d is more than a little bit late \u2014 but it could play a role in Thursday\u2019s presidential debate.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Scott Adams, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/newspapers-across-country-drop-dilbert-scott-adams-livestreamed-rant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">creator<\/a> of the \u201cDilbert\u201d comic strip and a Trump supporter, called the development \u201cthe biggest story of the year\u201d \u2014 and all but demanded Trump throw it in Biden\u2019s face when the two men face off in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is the biggest story of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Biden based his 2020 campaign on the most easily debunked hoax in the history of hoaxes.<\/p>\n<p>And the press covered for him.<\/p>\n<p>But Snopes, to their credit, couldn\u2019t live with that lie.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s Third Act is knocking at the door. But unless\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sIPBn8Kn60\">https:\/\/t.co\/sIPBn8Kn60<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottAdamsSays\/status\/1805199699638677841?\">June 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the \u201cfact check\u201d published Thursday, Snopes debunked the myth that Trump had referred to neo-Nazis who staged a march in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 as \u201cvery fine people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, what he said \u2014 clearly enough for anyone interested in actually listening \u2014 was that there were \u201cvery fine people\u201d on both sides of a raucous debate taking place in Charlottesville over the future of statues honoring heroes of the Confederacy.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, well-intentioned Americans could have reasons for thinking statues of Confederate figures should remain on public view that have nothing to do with the pro-slavery beliefs of the Confederacy or the horrifying ideas of neo-Nazis.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you trust the mainstream media?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>They might believe in honoring American history, warts and all. They might simply believe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/far-left-rioters-use-juneteenth-tear-statue-ulysses-s-grant-defeated-confederacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that wanton destruction<\/a> of the artifacts of the past is not the behavior of civilized people, and has marked an era of butchery from the French Revolution to the time of the Bolsheviks and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mike-huckabee-radical-left-becoming-like-islamic-terrorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contemporary Islamist fanatics<\/a> of the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>But Trump\u2019s words then were crystal clear:<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JmaZR8E12bs?si=qtrNoj45bNCUr4da&#038;start=97\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen   style=\"display:none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A transcript of Trump\u2019s words, published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/08\/15\/full-text-trump-comments-white-supremacists-alt-left-transcript-241662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> in August 2017, has the argument.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeorge Washington was a slave owner. Was George Washington a slave owner? So will George Washington now lose his status, are we gonna take down \u2014 excuse me \u2014 are we gonna take down statues of George Washington?\u201d Trump asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow about Thomas Jefferson? What do you think of Thomas Jefferson? You like him? \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fine. You\u2019re changing history, you\u2019re changing culture, and you had people \u2014 <strong>and I\u2019m not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally.<\/strong> But you had many people in that group other than neo-Nazis and white nationalists, OK? And the press has treated them absolutely unfairly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That quote, with emphasis added, was available to any journalist willing to look for it. Snopes\u2019 piece includes the transcript from CNN.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s only now that the supposed \u201cfact-checker\u201d site is interested in looking into it? When<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bbc-fact-checks-joe-bidens-charlottesville-fine-people-claim-trump-really-said\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> other \u201cfact-checkers\u201d<\/a> acted much more quickly?<\/p>\n<p>The piece never explains why the website waited seven years to tell the truth, manufacturing a news hook by noting that: \u201cIn spring 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a> re-surfaced raising questions about an infamous comment from former U.S. President Donald Trump related to violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the removal of a confederate statue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under normal circumstances, that would be just another example of media bias in action, even when it\u2019s pretending to be above all that, but in this case, with the November election looming, it might not be a dead issue.<\/p>\n<p>Biden cited Trump\u2019s supposed words in the first minutes of his video announcing his campaign for the presidency in 2019, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2019\/04\/25\/joe-biden-charlottesville-defines-trump-presidency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a> reported at the time under the headline: \u201cFor Joe Biden, Charlottesville defines the Trump presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith those words, the president of the United States assigned a moral equivalence between those spreading hate and those with the courage to stand against it,\u201d Biden said in his video, according to the Post.\u00a0\u201cAnd in that moment, I knew the threat to this nation was unlike any I had ever seen in my lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it was a lie then, it was a lie when the establishment media spread it in 2017, and it\u2019s a lie now. No matter how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-dems-use-fine-people-hoax-trump-impeachment-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats use it<\/a>, it will always be a lie.<\/p>\n<p>The only difference is a major left-wing fact-checker has called it out for being a lie.<\/p>\n<p>Given that that was a rationale for the Biden presidency \u2014 a presidency that has been a disaster for the American people by every conceivable metric \u2014 it\u2019s worth asking exactly what Biden\u2019s rationale for a second term is.<\/p>\n<p>Has he not destroyed American security enough <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-border-patrol-given-updated-presidential-proclamation-guidance-door-now-wide-open-migrants-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with his border disaster<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Has he not ruined the American economy and Americans\u2019 savings with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-killing-economy-inflation-remains-high-consumer-spending-weakens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rampant inflation<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Has he not destroyed the security of the world by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/worse-obamas-red-line-biden-gives-putin-green-light-invade-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">essentially inviting<\/a> the Russian invasion of Ukraine and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harriss-sickening-take-israeli-hostage-rescue-makes-biden-administrations-twisted-priorities-clear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stabbing Israel<\/a>, one of the U.S. closest allies, in the back?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s well past time for Biden to exit the White House, and for a man who can do the job to return to power.<\/p>\n<p>Among the host of lies that have been told about Trump, Charlottesville was among the worst, and it was also the one most easily debunked.<\/p>\n<p>It only took Snopes seven years to do it.<\/p>\n<p>But if voters are paying attention, and it comes up at Thursday\u2019s debate, it\u2019s better late than never.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44712\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/jsaunders\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44712\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44712\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44712\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44712\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Joe has spent more than 30 years as a reporter, copy editor and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-delivers-disastrous-commencement-address-at-howard-university-receives-honorary-degree\/\" title=\"Biden Delivers Disastrous Commencement Address at Howard University, Receives Honorary Degree\">metro desk editor<\/a> in newsrooms in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Florida. He&#8217;s been with Liftable Media since 2015.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Joe has spent more than 30 years as a reporter, copy editor and metro editor in newsrooms in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Florida. He&#8217;s been with Liftable Media since 2015. Largely a product of Catholic schools, who discovered Ayn Rand in college, Joe is a lifelong newspaperman who learned enough about the trade to be skeptical of every word ever written. He was also lucky enough to have a job that didn&#8217;t need a printing press to do it. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Philadelphia <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary by Joe Saunders, June 24, 2024, at 11:25 am. After seven years, Snopes is addressing inaccuracies. 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