It is a common retort among those who argue in favor of an “independent” fact-checking industry that Republicans and conservatives are fact-checked more because they lie more. However, anyone who reads beyond the headlines will soon see this is nonsense. Over the past year, the fact-checkers have come out with some “fact” checks that are themselves factually challenged. Here are the worst ten.
10. Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler Defends Harris’s 2020 Riots Response (September 16)
In 2020, then-Sen. Kamala Harris tweeted out a link for the Minnesota Freedom Fund that sought to bail rioters out of jail. Four years later, a pro-Trump Super PAC criticized that decision, claiming, “She raised millions to help bail rioters out of jail.”
Kessler downplayed Harris’s role, giving the claim three pinocchios, “Harris herself never personally bailed…
