{"id":713996,"date":"2021-09-03T15:21:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T19:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=713996"},"modified":"2021-09-03T15:21:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T19:21:30","slug":"fact-check-corrected-yes-biden-checked-watch-multiple-times-during-dignified-transfer-of-u-s-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-corrected-yes-biden-checked-watch-multiple-times-during-dignified-transfer-of-u-s-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fact-Check\u2019 Corrected:\u00a0Yes, Biden Checked Watch Multiple Times During Dignified Transfer Of U.S. Troops\u00a0"},"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\">26<\/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-check-corrected-yes-biden-checked-watch-multiple-times-during-dignified-transfer-of-u-s-troops%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=713996&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Biden-watch-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Left-leaning news site USA Today was forced to issue a correction on a fact-check concerning President Joe Biden checking his watch during the dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base of 13 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Originally, a USA Today \u201cfact-check\u201d seemed to run cover for Biden by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/usa-today-correction-fact-check-biden-watch\">stating<\/a> that POTUS did check his watch, but only after the ceremony:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c[Biden] did appear to check his watch during his visit to Dover Air Force Base. But he did so after the dignified transfer ceremony was over. Footage leading up to the moment shows Biden with his hand over his heart for about 30 seconds as vans carry the service members\u2019 remains off the tarmac. After the vans had left, Biden closes his eyes briefly before dropping his arms and glancing down at his watch.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After much backlash, however, the story had to be updated to admit Biden checked his watch \u201cmultiple times\u201d <em>during<\/em> the dignified transfer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorrections &amp; Clarifications: This story was updated Sept. 2 to note that Biden checked his watch multiple times at the dignified transfer event, including during the ceremony itself,\u201d the correction read. \u201cThe rating on this claim has been changed from partly false to missing context.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>USA Today fact-checker Daniel Funke noted the correction Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dpfunke\/status\/1433806578675822593\">posting<\/a> to Twitter: \u201cJournalists and fact-checkers are human (yes, even me!) We make mistakes. When we do, we correct them and try to make it right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/usa-today-correction-fact-check-biden-watch\">highlighted<\/a> by Fox News, the USA Today \u201cfact-check\u201d&nbsp;headline changed from \u201cFact check: Biden honored service members killed in Kabul, checked his watch only after ceremony\u201d to \u201cFact check: Biden honored service members killed in Kabul, checked his watch during ceremony.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Notably, on Monday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked about Biden checking his watch during the transfer and refused to give a direct answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the Gold Star families have criticized the president\u2019s conduct at the dignified transfer,\u201d Fox News\u2019 Jacqui Heinrich <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/psaki-biden-looked-watch-ceremony-13-service-members-killed-kabul\">told<\/a> the press secretary. \u201cThere was a father of one Marine who said the president shouldn\u2019t be checking his watch every time a flag draped transport case came by the plane. And a sister of another Marine said that it felt like a fake and scripted apology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emphasizing her question, Heinrich asked, \u201cWas the president looking at his watch and does he have a message for those people who felt that they were offended?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki side-stepped the criticism and refused to address the question relating to Biden looking at his watch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I would say his message to all of the family members, who were there, those who were not even in attendance, is that he is grateful to their sons and daughters, the sacrifice that they made to the country,\u201d Psaki responded. \u201cThat he knows firsthand what it\u2019s like to lose a child and the fact no one can tell you anything, or say anything, that there\u2019s no words that are going to fill that hole that is left by that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s not and I\u2019m not going to speak to the private conversations, of course, they have the right to convey whatever they would like,\u201d Psaki added. \u201cBut I will tell you, from spending a lot of time with him over the last couple of days, that he was deeply impacted by these family members who he met, just two days ago. That he talks about them frequently in meetings and the incredible service of their sons and daughters. That is not going to change their suffering, but I wanted to convey that still.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/creepy-gold-star-family-had-horrible-experience-with-biden-at-dover-in-2016\">\u2018Creepy\u2019: Gold Star Family Had \u2018Horrible Experience\u2019 With Biden At Dover In&nbsp;2016<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nancy-pelosi-blocked-gop-from-reading-names-of-slain-u-s-troops-reps-say\">Nancy Pelosi Blocked GOP From Reading Names Of Slain U.S. Troops, Reps&nbsp;Say<\/a><\/strong><\/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><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left-leaning news site USA Today was forced to issue a correction on a fact-check concerning President Joe Biden checking his watch during the dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base &#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-713996","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\/713996","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=713996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713996\/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=713996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}