On Friday, a Washington Post fact-check of Carly Fiorina’s “secretary to CEO” story about her career in business was given three out of four Pinocchios:
ICYMI: @CarlyFiorina’s bogus "secretary to CEO" career trajectory (Fact Checker biography) http://t.co/aujFSB4Pkg pic.twitter.com/K0xzEyj3xn
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) September 25, 2015
Howard Kurtz has given that three-Pinocchio rating four Pinnochios:
After the Buzz: I give WashPost Fact-Checker column 4 Pinnochios for wrongly accusing Carly of lying about her career http://t.co/5TcduT0hkm
— HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz) September 28, 2015
A fact check of the fact checkers is often a necessity:
this should be a regular feature at most outlets. https://t.co/XwUCwJgG96
— Everyone's Famous (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 28, 2015
https://twitter.com/NoahWehrman/status/648554741320945664
Kurtz completely dismantles and exposes @GlennKessler's "biased" and completely false & unfair hit against Fiorina. https://t.co/WColvWY3Wm
— John Nolte (@NolteNC) September 28, 2015
Thanks @HowardKurtz, it's about time the so-called "fact checkers" are called on their lies. @GlennKesslerWP https://t.co/v305uS2e55
— Mister Duke (@LeviathanLeap) September 28, 2015
Great refutation of WaPo’s questionable fact checking on @CarlyFiorina https://t.co/u0THpzkhKd
— Leonardo Alcivar (@alcivar) September 28, 2015
"Just remember Howie, it's not a lie if you believe it." @AceofSpadesHQ https://t.co/fzBlt9LVHn
— David Jack Smith (@davidjacksmith) September 28, 2015