Tag: fact checking

Fact-checking President Trump’s ‘Fake News Awards’

The following article by Glenn Kessler was posted on the Washington Post website January 17, 2018:

Most of the “Fake News” awards are about reports that were wrong — and quickly corrected. (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)

The “Fake News Awards” announced on the Republican National Committee website and touted by President Trump pose a conundrum: Does it really count if the news organization admits error?

Regular readers of The Fact Checker know that we do not award Pinocchios if a politician admits error. Everyone makes mistakes — and the point is not to play gotcha. News organizations operate in a competitive arena and mistakes are bound to be made. The key test is whether an error is acknowledged and corrected. Continue reading “Fact-checking President Trump’s ‘Fake News Awards’”

Did President Trump save 77,000 coal mining jobs?

The following article by Glenn Kessler was posted on the Washington Post website February 27, 2017:

Carolyn Kaster/AP

“If we had not overturned this rule, we were looking at nearly 70,000 jobs across the country.”
— Unidentified participant in President Trump’s signing of H.J. Resolution 38, eliminating the Stream Protection Rule, Feb. 16, 2017

“I’m really pleased that we repealed a regulation that was going to be very, very damaging to my state. I went to the White House this week to see him sign. The repeal would have cost 77,000 jobs in the coal industry.”
— Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Feb. 19 Continue reading “Did President Trump save 77,000 coal mining jobs?”

Fact-checking President Trump’s inaugural address

The following article by Glenn Kessler and Michelle Ye Hee Lee was posted on the Washington Post website January 20, 2017:

Generally, inaugural addresses are not designed to be fact-checked. But President Trump’s address was nothing if not unique, presenting a portrait of the United States that often was at variance with reality. Here’s a guide to understanding whether the facts back up his rhetoric.

“Washington flourished, but the people did not share in its wealth. Politicians prospered, but the jobs left and the factories closed.”

Continue reading “Fact-checking President Trump’s inaugural address”