President Trump slammed fact-checkers as “some of the most dishonest people in media” at a rally in El Paso, Texas, on Monday night.
“Where are the fact-checkers? Some of the most dishonest people in media are the so-called ‘fact-checkers,’ ” the president said, echoing a tweet earlier in the day praising a segment by Fox News host Jesse Watters, who accused media fact-checkers of “lying” to the public while becoming “fake news.”
“Fact checkers have become Fake News.” @JesseBWatters So True!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 11, 2019
On Dec. 10, The Washington Post fact-checker introduced “the Bottomless Pinocchio,” a rating inspired by Trump to rate politicians “who repeat a false claim so many times that they are, in effect, engaging in campaigns of disinformation.” – READ MORE