AP fact check finds that ‘Biden did not eulogize former KKK grand wizard’ Robert Byrd (guess why)

And why is it incorrect to say Biden eulogized a “former KKK grand wizard”? Because Byrd had a different job title, as the AP got to eventually:

Uh-huh…https://t.co/m4vsrNUyrz pic.twitter.com/zeFHS58cJo

— Veraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Stop it! (@verymooch) October 30, 2020

See what they did here?

Biden did eulogize Sen. Robert C. Byrd when he died, but Byrd was not a “grand wizard” in the Ku Klux Klan.
[…]
As a young man in West Virginia, Byrd recruited members to a local KKK chapter and was elected to the post of “exalted cyclops” according to his 2005 autobiography.

Another day brings with it another example of the media twisting themselves into a pretzel to run cover for a Democrat:

This fact-check is seriously “Robert Byrd was actually an Exalted Cyclops of the KKK, not a Grand Wizard” https://t.co/xzh8t3eaOo

— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) October 30, 2020

AP here to tell us that Biden did not eulogize the former KKK "grand wizard" — he actually eulogized the former KKK “exalted cyclops.” Much better right? But you wouldn’t know it from the AP’s headline. https://t.co/nsSBZ9jNni

— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) October 30, 2020

Guise. Biden didn’t eulogize a former Grand Wizard of the KKK.

What a horrible and racist accusation.

AP fact-check understands that Robert Byrd was merely and exalted cyclops of the KKK. pic.twitter.com/WOHAHkgGSX

— The Red-Headed libertarian ™ (@TRHLofficial) October 30, 2020

Fact Check: Biden did not eulogize KKK Grand Wizard….

…Because he was just a KKK "Exalted Cyclops"

.@AP is fake news. pic.twitter.com/AtLFH3yIP5

— DalisuSays (@dalisusays) October 30, 2020

The AP packaged that perfectly (for Biden) for those who didn’t read past the headline:

Here is an @AP headline that any reasonable person would think exonerates Joe Biden’s racist past. In fact the gist of the story is that KKK member Robert Byrd, who was ABSOLUTELY eulogized by Joe Biden, was an “Exalted Cyclops,” not a “Grand Wizard.” https://t.co/JTLySL5MDZ

— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) October 30, 2020

And it’s completely intentional.

If Trump had delivered the eulogy for Byrd, would the AP’s headline have been the same? Yeah, we didn’t think so either.