‘Dangerous clowns’: USA Today ‘correction & clarification’ on Biden watch fact-check is PEAK #journalism
http://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2021/09/03/dangerous-clowns-usa-today-correction-clarification-on-biden-watch-fact-check-is-peak-journalism/
During the dignified transfer ceremony for 13 U.S. service members who were killed in the attack at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan, President Biden was spotted looking at his watch several times. Family members in attendance also said Biden checked his watch on multiple occasions. During a White House briefing, Jen Psaki was asked about Biden checking his watch, and she dodged the question but didn’t deny it.
That brings us to a USA Today “fact check”:
Daniel Funke ~ New fact check: A viral photo makes it look like President Biden checked his watch during a ceremony honoring U.S. service members killed in Kabul. But that's misleading.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/09/01/fact-check-biden-checked-watch-after-ceremony-dover-air-force-base/5663427001/
No ... your "fact check" is total leftist, BS propaganda meant to give cover for your boss, Joe Biden.
The spin was that Biden only checked his watch after the ceremony concluded:
Daniel Funke ~ Biden checked his watch, but he did so after the ceremony had ended.
Watch the video for yourself: http://c-span.org/video/?514338-1/president-biden-pays-respect-us-service-members-killed-afghanistan
But poor ol' Daniel had a problem ... the video shows beyond a shadow of any doubt that Daniel is lying through his teeth.
Is that so?
Darla Shine ~ Are you accusing the Gold Star parents of lying?
Oscar Von Reuenthal ~ So you're saying that the families of the slain are lying, brave fact checker who bravely turned off his replies?
Julia ~ There’s a video. I believe the Gold Star families and my own eyes.
OrgConservAmericans ~ We all saw it ... you aren’t even self aware how you sound.
And now, check out the “correction” that is posted at the top of the alleged fact check:
Their self-debunked “fact check” that the claim Biden checked his watch multiple times went from “mostly false” to what now?
OOOOOPS!
semite, yo ~ "missing context."
Yeah, that’s what we thought they said.
Mollie ~ A “fact” “check” claimed something 100% true was false. Deciding that propaganda was too much, even for them, they edited/updated their analysis of the 100% true thing to “misleading.” Dangerous clowns.
The “missing context” is a full admission that their original fact-check was complete BS.
dondtravel ~ This is USSR era stuff.
Boleslaw Bierut ~ They'll die fighting for his lies and bad manners.
Never underestimate the loyalty of the media to the Democratic Party.
USA Today hack forced to clarify his ‘fact check’ about Joe Biden’s watch wants you to know that journalists are the *real* victims here
http://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2021/09/03/usa-today-hack-forced-to-clarify-his-fact-check-about-joe-bidens-watch-wants-you-to-know-that-journalists-are-the-real-victims-here/
As Twitchy told you, USA Today recently added this clarification to their “fact check” on Joe Biden checking his watch at the dignified transfer event in which the bodies of the service members killed in Afghanistan last week were returned to the U.S.:
Daniel Funke ~ As many of you already know, this story has been corrected. Biden checked his watch multiple times during the ceremony. I regret the error.
Daniel Funke regrets the error. It happens! He’s just doing the best he can, like all journalists and fact-checkers do:
Daniel Funke ~ Journalists and fact-checkers are human (yes, even me!) We make mistakes. When we do, we correct them and try to make it right.
Read more about the principles we try to uphold at @USATODAY:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2020/01/13/why-usa-today-fact-checks-people-and-statements-news/4435111002/
"Principles"??? BWHA HA HA HA HA HA!!! That's a good one, Daniel ... a REAL knee-slapper, that is! "Principles of Leftist Propaganda - Shameless Lying 101"
Daniel Funke ~ It's easy to dunk on journalists when we get things wrong. I get it – to many, we're just another name on a screen. But behind that screen is a person trying to do their best.
Aw, BOO HOO!
Won’t someone please think of the journalists, as long as no one has any critical thoughts about the journalists?
Kira ‘anti-mean tweets’ DeSantis ~ Why are all your mistakes in the same direction, “journalist?”
Wittorical ~ ‘“He didn’t check his watch” is wrong because he checked it SEVERAL times’ is not an honest mistake. It’s a lie.
jimtreacher.substack.com ~ You didn't get things wrong. You lied.
Hounsizzle ~ Thread: The point is simple. These assholes have been the driving force behind what led to @RedState's threats to get de-platformed and banned from social media. These falsehoods have been weaponized and used to prevent ACTUAL FACTUAL REPORTING.
Jason ~ You didn’t make a mistake, asshole. You just got dragged for being a shill.
BiasedGirl ~ It was pretty easy for you to “dunk” on families who had just lost a child ... So ...
Stephen L. Miller ~ You didn't get something wrong. You purposefully and willfully fact checked Gold Star families instead of the President. You did exactly what you think you're paid to do, which is protect Joe Biden and his party.
Correct.
Stephen L. Miller ~ He's the victim now. Just textbook.
jimtreacher.substack.com ~ "Boo-hoo, I used a fraudulent fact-check to malign Gold Star families who watched their children come home in boxes while Biden checked his watch. Woe is me."
Nicholas Fondacaro ~ Funke is a flunky.
Fact check: true.
David Burge ~ Custodians and janitors are human (yes, even me!) and sometimes we take a shit on the gym floor. When we do, and if the security camera catches us, we'll get right back there to clean it up.
David Burge ~ Read more about the principles we try to uphold at the Incontinent Janitors Union Newsletter.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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