{"id":113042,"date":"2021-04-28T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=113042"},"modified":"2021-04-28T10:08:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T14:08:14","slug":"washington-post-to-end-presidential-fact-check-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=113042","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post to end presidential fact check database"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_113043\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113043\" style=\"width: 473px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-113043 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Joe-Biden-light-is-on-front-door-is-unlocked-nobody-is-home-473x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Joe-Biden-light-is-on-front-door-is-unlocked-nobody-is-home-473x333.jpg 473w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Joe-Biden-light-is-on-front-door-is-unlocked-nobody-is-home-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Joe-Biden-light-is-on-front-door-is-unlocked-nobody-is-home.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The lights are on but nobody is home. (Tom Stiglich)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Washington Post&#8217;s &#8220;fact checker&#8221; will discontinue the Biden fact checker database. He claims that Trump generated &#8220;falsehoods&#8221; where Biden has returned things to &#8220;normalcy&#8221;. This action speaks volumes regarding media bias. Readers for this website understand the real reason for this move.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From Newsmax:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Here&#8217;s the Biden database &#8212; which we do not plan to extend beyond 100 days. I have learned my lesson,&#8221; Kessler tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>The paper had kept a database throughout the entirety of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s time in office. Kessler also wrote a column announcing the newspaper would no longer hold to its fact-checking rigor because things had returned to &#8220;normal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After four years of a presidency that swamped Americans with a gusher of false and misleading claims, the Joe Biden era has offered a return to a more typical pattern when it comes to a commander in chief and his relationship with the facts \u2014 one that features frequent spin and obfuscation or exaggeration, with the occasional canard,&#8221; wrote The Post.<\/p>\n<p>The paper will, however, keep fact-checking Biden, just without a database, Kessler explained on Twitter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Newsmax has more on the store <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/politics\/joe-biden-fact-checking-donald-trump\/2021\/04\/27\/id\/1019234\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Post&#8217;s &#8220;fact checker&#8221; will discontinue the Biden fact checker database. 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