Pointed out lies, and temper tantrums - Conspiracies

Pointed out lies, and temper tantrums (ijr.com)

posted 1 year ago by Michalusmichalus 1 year ago by Michalusmichalus +6 / -0

Commentary: WaPo's 'Fact-Checker' Gets a Taste of His Own Medicine, But It Gets Worse for Him After He Whines About It

"I don't think you appreciate the level of hatred and contempt the average person feels toward you," one Twitter user wrote.

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– Michalusmichalus [S] 2 points 1 year ago +2 / -0

However, The Washington Post’s chief fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, claimed in a piece published Saturday that “the intense focus on Soros is misplaced,” that “Soros never directly funded Bragg.” Kessler also wrote that, according to the Anti-Defamation League, criticism of “Soros figures in a significant number of antisemitic tweets.”

Kessler then got himself in a huff because his alleged fact-check drew a “readers added context” note on Twitter — which pointed out that Soros had, indeed, given the largest individual donation to a PAC that had funded Bragg. Kessler then got in another huff after he contested the “added context”note in another tweet — and got slapped with another “added context” note for his trouble.

https://ijr.com/wapos-fact-checker-gets-taste-medicine-gets-worse-whines/

Don't forget to look at the screen shots of twitter in the article.

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