Pinocchio on HotAir

Pinocchio

Dec 2018

WaPo: Four Pinocchios to kickstart AOC’s Congressional career

Ed Morrissey Dec 04, 2018 2:01 PM

Full fact-checker employment act.

Mar 2018

WaPost: Keith Ellison has been lying about his relationship with Farrakhan

John Sexton Mar 09, 2018 1:21 PM

“…needs to provide a better explanation for what he was doing in Farrakhan’s hotel suite in 2016”

Jan 2018

More “crumb”-iness: Two Pinocchios for McCaskill for false tax-reform attack

Ed Morrissey Jan 12, 2018 4:01 PM

Snobbery.

Oct 2016

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.

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

Tapper: Oops, Hillary did it again!

Ed Morrissey Aug 05, 2016 10:01 AM

“No, that is not true.”

May 2016

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

Ed Morrissey May 05, 2016 8:41 PM

That’s all, folks!

May 2015

Protip from WaPo: A funding hike is not a cut just because it’s not as much as you want

Ed Morrissey May 04, 2015 6:01 PM

Math is hard.

Apr 2015

WaPo: Three Pinocchios for latest Clinton Foundation excuse

Ed Morrissey Apr 29, 2015 8:41 AM

Deny, deflect, disinform.

Nov 2014

WaPo gives Obama three Pinocchios on Keystone

Ed Morrissey Nov 20, 2014 3:21 PM

Lying to the Grubes again?

WaPo factchecks Obama on ObamaCare, election message in post-midterm presser

Ed Morrissey Nov 07, 2014 6:41 PM

Pinocchios abound.

Oct 2014

WaPo factchecker to Grimes: You should be ashamed of yourself

Ed Morrissey Oct 23, 2014 2:01 PM

“This ad is beyond the pale.”

Sep 2014

WaPo: Four Pinocchios for WH “jayvees” spin

Ed Morrissey Sep 03, 2014 10:21 AM

Plus, Milbank hammers the “happy talk,” and Marcus hits “herky-jerky leadership.”

Jul 2014

WaPo: Five Pinocchios for Obama in two days on economic claims

Ed Morrissey Jul 16, 2014 12:41 PM

Unserious.

Two Pinocchios for Hillary on Hobby Lobby

Ed Morrissey Jul 03, 2014 8:01 AM

Demagoguery.

May 2014

Four Pinocchios to Obama for “500 Republican filibusters” claim

Ed Morrissey May 09, 2014 8:01 AM

Hypocrisy.

Apr 2014

WaPo: Obama gets two Pinocchios for honesty gap on wages

Ed Morrissey Apr 09, 2014 9:21 AM

Embarrassment.

Mar 2014

WaPo: Four Pinocchios for Dems’ Koch habit

Ed Morrissey Mar 14, 2014 10:01 AM

Hypocrisy.

Feb 2014

Four Pinocchios to Obama on Medicaid-expansion claims

Ed Morrissey Feb 24, 2014 8:41 AM

Plus: Politico notices that ObamaCare stats are worthless.

Four Pinocchios to Durbin for claiming 10 million additional insured under ObamaCare

Ed Morrissey Feb 10, 2014 10:01 AM

Yes, let’s look at the “bottom line,” shall we?

Jan 2014

WaPo gives 3 Pinocchios to Medicaid-enrollment claim … and itself

Ed Morrissey Jan 17, 2014 9:21 AM

Correlation and context.

Oct 2013

California: So, Obamacare exchange traffic wasn’t actually 5 million; it was 700K

Mary Katharine Ham Oct 02, 2013 10:01 PM

Numbers are hard.

Sep 2013

WaPo: 4 Pinocchios for Obama claim on debt-ceiling negotiations

Ed Morrissey Sep 19, 2013 12:41 PM

“Extort”?

WaPo: Four Pinocchios to Kerry for being against the war after he was for it

Ed Morrissey Sep 10, 2013 10:01 AM

Incompetence and dishonesty.

Oct 2012

Confirmed: Big Bird ad a flop across the entire political spectrum

Ed Morrissey Oct 10, 2012 11:21 AM

Pinocchios and tingles.

Aug 2011

Fact-checking the president on free trade

Tina Korbe Aug 23, 2011 10:45 AM

A little like Pinocchio.