Howard Kurtz 'dismantles' WaPo fact-check about Carly Fiorina's career path [video]

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

— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 28, 2015

https://twitter.com/NoahWehrman/status/648554741320945664
https://twitter.com/NolteNC/status/648555407628193792
https://twitter.com/LeviathanLeap/status/648554988319457280

Great refutation of WaPo’s questionable fact checking on @CarlyFiorina https://t.co/u0THpzkhKd

— Leonardo Alcivar (@alcivar) September 28, 2015

https://twitter.com/davidjacksmith/status/648555678857064448