{"id":615760,"date":"2021-08-06T12:36:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T16:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=615760"},"modified":"2021-08-06T12:36:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T16:36:49","slug":"wapo-fact-checker-targets-critical-race-theory-critic-effort-backfires-spectacularly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-fact-checker-targets-critical-race-theory-critic-effort-backfires-spectacularly\/","title":{"rendered":"WaPo Fact-Checker Targets Critical Race Theory Critic, Effort Backfires Spectacularly"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fwapo-fact-checker-targets-critical-race-theory-critic-effort-backfires-spectacularly%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=615760&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>Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler was, it seems, working on an effort to malign Critical Race Theory critic Chris Rufo, but when he reached out to another journalist asking whether Rufo had copied her work and whether Rufo had made up a confidential source, things took a bizarre turn, leaving Kessler publicly embarrassed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWashington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler seems to be working on another hit piece against Rufo, claiming that he hijacked the work of someone else and took credit for exposing the CRT training going on in Seattle public schools,\u201d right-leaning Twitter watchdog, Twitchy, reported on Friday. \u201cThat person was Karlyn Borysenko, whose tweet Rufo included in a query to the city \u2014 so Kessler claims Rufo is \u2018falsely claiming he had an anonymous tipster helping him.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an email to Borysenko, Kessler asks whether Borysenko is aware that Rufo has \u201chijacked\u201d her work and whether she is comfortable with Rufo turning the Seattle matter into&nbsp;\u201csome kind of anti-White attack, which I don\u2019t think was your original intention.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-253533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kessler-300x141.jpg\" alt width=\"400\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/08\/Kessler-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/08\/Kessler.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>After introducing himself, Kessler gets into the meat of his investigation. \u201cIn various interviews, Rufo has claimed that he became aware of CRT because he got a tip from an anonymous Seattle employee about the CRT program there. But through a public records request, I have discovered that his query to the city (sent on June 17) instead cited a tweet that you made on June 16th.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn other words,\u201d Kessler continued, \u201che was piggybacking off of your research and has been falsely claiming that he had an anonymous tipster helping him. And now it seems he\u2019s hijacked the whole thing into some kind of anti-White attack, which I don\u2019t think was your original intention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then seems to ask Borysenko to blast Rufo, concluding, \u201cI was wondering about your reaction to this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still have to contact him and do some more reporting,\u201d Kessler finishes, asking Borysenko to keep the matter quiet. \u201c[S]o please don\u2019t tweet or mention this until after I publish.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of emailing back, Borysenko flouted Kessler\u2019s request, copied his email, and posted it to Twitter with her response, destroying Kessler\u2019s theory and confirming that Rufo\u2019s whistleblower was a real person:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cHi <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennKesslerWP\">@GlennKesslerWP<\/a>,\u201d Borysenko wrote. \u201c<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\">@realchrisrufo<\/a> <\/span>and I were talking to the same anonymous tipster. This person came to both of us with the same information. So, yes, that person absolutely exists. And no, I don\u2019t believe Rufo hijacked anything. I\u2019m grateful for his work. Hope this helps!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kessler then emailed Borysenko again, complaining about the Tweet and claiming that he \u201cnever suggested this person did not exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Again, Borysenko posted Kessler\u2019s communication.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Hi <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennKesslerWP\">@GlennKesslerWP<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">: Sorry you\u2019re disappointed, but I\u2019m disappointed that the <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\">@washingtonpost<\/a> <\/span>is doing yet another hit piece on him. It\u2019s ridiculous. Regardless, the whistleblower is real and was talking to both of us. Rufo is ALWAYS on strong ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.058823529412\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennKesslerWP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GlennKesslerWP<\/a>: Sorry you&#8217;re disappointed, but I&#8217;m disappointed that the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@washingtonpost<\/a> is doing yet another hit piece on him. It&#8217;s ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, the whistleblower is real and was talking to both of us. Rufo is ALWAYS on strong ground. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZbW3cNx5h2\">pic.twitter.com\/ZbW3cNx5h2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Karlyn Borysenko, Knitting Witch of the West \ud83e\uddf6 (@DrKarlynB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrKarlynB\/status\/1423354428271337473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Twitter commentators appeared to suggest the second response was a knockout blow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1423348544627384320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1423348544627384320%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fbrettt-3136%2F2021%2F08%2F05%2Fan-absolute-ko-washington-post-fact-checker-glenn-kessler-gets-called-out-over-hit-piece-on-christopher-rufo%2F\">Rufo later thanked Borysenko<\/a>, telling her that he appreciated her work and that \u201cteamwork makes the dream work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler was, it seems, working on an effort to malign Critical Race Theory critic Chris Rufo, but when he reached out to another journalist asking whether &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-615760","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\/615760","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=615760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615760\/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=615760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}