WTF is this trash? Snopes skips a fact check of the Andy Ngo assault

Greg P. | 7:24 AM on July 01, 2019

Snopes, which bills itself as a fact-checking website, tweeted this out along with a link to an AP article on the assault of Andy Ngo in Portland. WTF is this trash?

Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo), who describes himself as an editor at the conservative website @Quillette and says he is “hated by antifa,” said he was attacked by anti-fascist protesters and had to be taken to the hospital to treat injuries to his face and head. https://t.co/AEj0YhDo0y

— snopes.com (@snopes) June 30, 2019

They really aren’t doing themselves any favors with it:

You can’t go bankrupt fast enough.

— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) June 30, 2019

Yep:

Snopes sounds more like Media Matters every day. https://t.co/E8KSTjt4pp

— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) June 30, 2019

Who fact checks the fact-checker? It’s not a conservative site, but because someone your editors dislike writes for them they must be conservative! FFS. https://t.co/hEHEFOlnBj

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 30, 2019

Shouldn’t fact checkers, you know, check the facts?

Wtf kind of fact checking is this? Andy Ngo is indeed an editor with us, he is a journalist. And no @Quillette is not “conservative,” we are all political moderates of a liberal centrist persuasion https://t.co/spgtyII6SM

— Claire Lehmann (@clairlemon) June 30, 2019

If only there was, say, video of the incident Snopes could watch:

If only there was some sort of website that checks stuff like this and maybe finds multiple videos of the incident in order to confirm it. Alas. https://t.co/LOtKlfnMU2

— neontaster (@neontaster) June 30, 2019

Can’t stop laughing at a “fact-checking” site that ignores all the video footage of the attack, and instead posits “well, he SAID he was attacked… he SAID they took his camera”…

…and then completely bungles basic details, like claiming @Quillette is a conservative site. https://t.co/E8KSTjt4pp

— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) June 30, 2019

”.@MrAndyNgo SAYS.”

Can’t imagine why conservatives wouldn't trust @snopes to be their go to fact-checking source. https://t.co/Bbi1B4GpLg pic.twitter.com/ztSvjYD1bm

— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) June 30, 2019

And, EVERGREEN: