Fact-checking President Trumps Fake News awards Washington Post
By Glenn Kessler January 17 at 10:31 PM
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.
President Trump almost never admits error, even has he has made more than 2,000 false or misleading statements. So with that context, here’s an assessment of the “awards:”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/01/17/fact-checking-president-trumps-fake-news-awards/?utm_term=.9711b38c7436
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