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Oct 2020

Cuomo to “Anonymous”: How can we at CNN put you on the air when you lied to our faces — and our viewers?

Ed Morrissey Oct 29, 2020 2:01 PM

“[T]he problem is with having lied is that now you are a liar, and people will be slow to believe you…”

Sep 2020

Great moments in journalism: USA Today fact-checks satire site, declares it “satirical”

Ed Morrissey Sep 29, 2020 2:01 PM

“… based on our research.”

May 2020

Twitter fact-checks more tweets — from a Chinese spokesman who blamed the U.S. for coronavirus

Allahpundit May 28, 2020 4:01 PM

Arbiters of truth.

Trump: We’ll have to regulate, or shut down, these social media platforms if they silence conservative voices

Allahpundit May 27, 2020 11:31 AM

“Clean up your act, NOW!!!!”

Apr 2020

WaPo: No, Trump didn’t send American PPE to China

Ed Morrissey Apr 22, 2020 6:01 PM

Two Pinocchios.

WaPo fact-checker: Biden’s still fibbing about Trump’s coronavirus response

Ed Morrissey Apr 03, 2020 4:01 PM

Maybe he can ask Trump personally?

Mar 2020

WaPo: Four Pinocchios for Team Biden’s “Trump silenced CDC official!” accusation

Ed Morrissey Mar 24, 2020 8:41 AM

“False narrative,” and obviously so.

Feb 2020

Seances and Senate runs: Talk we must about Joe Biden’s gaffery

Ed Morrissey Feb 25, 2020 2:01 PM

WaPo: Four Pinocchios for Biden’s “ridiculous” Mandela arrest claim.

Oct 2019

WaPo: Four Pinocchios to Schiff for lying about contact with whistleblower

Ed Morrissey Oct 04, 2019 12:01 PM

Cooked.

Sep 2019

Harris fibs: I sued ExxonMobil over climate change, you know

Ed Morrissey Sep 05, 2019 8:01 PM

Fact check: Uhhhh …..

Aug 2019

Cavuto rebukes Trump on air: This network doesn’t work for you, Mr. President

Allahpundit Aug 30, 2019 11:31 AM

“’Fake’ is when it’s wrong, Mr. President, not when it’s unpleasant.”

WaPo: Four Pinocchios to Harris, Warren over Ferguson murder claim

Ed Morrissey Aug 13, 2019 12:01 PM

“Galling.”

May 2019

WaPo fact check: No Pinocchios for dubious Harris claim to not oppose private health insurance?

Ed Morrissey May 14, 2019 2:01 PM

“But her language is slippery.”

Mar 2019

“Wrong on multiple levels”: WaPo drops four Pinocchios on Hillary’s vote-suppression claims

Ed Morrissey Mar 06, 2019 4:01 PM

“Seriously misleading.”

Feb 2019

Harris’ “Trump tax cut is really a tax hike” spin gets four Pinocchios

Ed Morrissey Feb 13, 2019 8:41 PM

“Nonsensical and misleading.”

Dec 2018

WaPo: Four Pinocchios to kickstart AOC’s Congressional career

Ed Morrissey Dec 04, 2018 2:01 PM

Full fact-checker employment act.

Sep 2018

WaPo fact check: You bet Beto tried to flee the scene in DWI

Ed Morrissey Sep 25, 2018 6:01 PM

“The driver attempted to leave the accident but was stopped by the reporter.”

Tapper fact check: Hillary “highly misleading” on Trump efforts for election security

Ed Morrissey Sep 22, 2018 11:31 AM

“You’re perfectly entitled to your own opinions — not your own facts.”

WaPo fact-checker warns Dems: Don’t keep propagating Kamala Harris’ falsehoods on Kavanaugh

Ed Morrissey Sep 11, 2018 12:01 PM

Cotton: “It’s a done deal.”

Jun 2018

McClatchy fact-check: Obama stuck kids in tent cities, too, you know

Ed Morrissey Jun 21, 2018 11:21 AM

Overdue.

Mar 2018

WaPo fact checks Trump’s “Comey lied” tweet with curious results

Jazz Shaw Mar 19, 2018 8:01 AM

When the quotes are wrong but not the facts

Oops! Facebook, Snopes come down hard on Christian satire site

John Sexton Mar 02, 2018 5:21 PM

“This was a mistake…”

Feb 2018

Politifact: We’re hiring Alan Grayson to be a “reader advocate” for us! Also Politifact: Alan Grayson is fired.

Allahpundit Feb 01, 2018 6:01 PM

Standards.

Aug 2017

Hmm: Did NAFTA really cost US 700,000 jobs?

Ed Morrissey Aug 18, 2017 2:41 PM

Are Pinocchios the point?

Mar 2017

Snopes revises misleading fact check on the standing ovation for Carryn Owens

John Sexton Mar 02, 2017 4:01 PM

“…it’s difficult to tell from the visual evidence whether the three Democrats sat down earlier than others or did not rise a second time.”

Feb 2017

WaPo fact check: Two Pinocchios for “60-vote standard” on SCOTUS confirmations

Ed Morrissey Feb 02, 2017 7:21 PM

Supreme hypocrisy?

Jan 2017

Oopsie! Department of Education cops to massive math error on student loans

Ed Morrissey Jan 23, 2017 10:01 PM

Also: Four Pinocchios for Maxine Waters on “ridiculous” attack on DeVos.

Oct 2016

Four Pinocchios: No, Hillary, Trump took your position on auto bailout

Ed Morrissey Oct 18, 2016 6:41 PM

Er … good news?

WaPo: Obama lied about firing “a whole bunch of people” at VA over scandal

Ed Morrissey Oct 12, 2016 10:31 AM

Four Pinocchios, and a boatload of shame.

SOFA so bad: Two Pinocchios for Clinton/Kaine spin on Iraq retreat

Ed Morrissey Oct 06, 2016 4:41 PM

“Fancy tap-dancing.”

Sep 2016

WaPo fact check: No, Hillary, the Bush tax cuts didn’t cause the Great Recession

Ed Morrissey Sep 30, 2016 12:01 PM

Sins of omission.

Aug 2016

WaPo fact check: Three Pinocchios for Bill Clinton’s “pathetic and misleading” lies on Hillary e-mails

Ed Morrissey Aug 17, 2016 12:01 PM

He never had accurate relations with Comey’s statement, in other words.

For some on the left, Hillary has never told a lie about her email

John Sexton Aug 05, 2016 8:01 PM

“What resulted Friday were still more mischaracterizations.”

Jul 2016

AP: Gee, Hillary lied to us, huh?

Ed Morrissey Jul 05, 2016 9:41 PM

Reason provides the Email Scandal Supercut.

Jun 2016

Video: CNN now fact-checking Trump with onscreen graphics

Allahpundit Jun 02, 2016 2:41 PM

Truthiness.

May 2016

AP factcheck: Yes, Hillary lied about her e-mail server

Ed Morrissey May 27, 2016 3:21 PM

“Misstated key facts.”

WaPo fact check rebukes Dem claim over cost of Benghazi select committee

Ed Morrissey May 17, 2016 10:01 AM

Perspective?

WaPo: Four Pinocchios for Team Bernie over superdelegate-switch claim

Ed Morrissey May 05, 2016 8:41 PM

That’s all, folks!

Apr 2016

WaPo fact checker: When are Democrats going to finally acknowledge their “misleading” gender wage-gap rhetoric?

Ed Morrissey Apr 14, 2016 10:41 AM

Women earned 38% less than men …. where?

Jan 2016

AP fact check: Obama gun-control actions wouldn’t have stopped any mass shooting

Ed Morrissey Jan 06, 2016 8:41 AM

Plus, two Pinocchios from the WaPo.

Dec 2015

WaPo fact check: Rubio’s right that gun-ban laws would have no impact on recent mass shootings

Ed Morrissey Dec 12, 2015 7:01 PM

Let slip the dogs of bans.

Nov 2015

Equity: WaPo gives two Pinocchios to Hillary’s Marine Corps tale

Ed Morrissey Nov 12, 2015 8:41 AM

Fabulism redux.

WaPo: Three Pinocchios to Hillary over claim of 90-95% State Dept e-mail retention

Ed Morrissey Nov 09, 2015 6:01 PM

What difference does it make?

Sep 2015

Three Pinocchios for Obama’s claim of “strong support” for Iran deal

Ed Morrissey Sep 14, 2015 12:41 PM

“This is clearly a case of winning ugly.”