rise! Surprise!
The New York Times is expressing concern about Joe Biden’s potential run for president again. It suddenly announced that his statements are often untruessing. He is a habitual liar.
Why is this discovery happening now?
The headline online of the Oct. 11 story was “Biden Storyteller in Chief Spins Yarns that Often Unravel.”
Linda Qiu and Michael Shear, Times reporters, began their reporting with Biden telling Hurricane Ian survivors that he and Jill had lost most of their house to lightning strikes. This is false. According to news reports, it was described as a “small fire” that was “contained in the kitchen.”
They claimed that this was not an exaggeration. They pointed out that Biden had once described this story as “having a house burned down with my wife in” The Times explained:
Biden’s exaggerated biography includes his claim that he was a fierce civil rights activist who was frequently arrested. Biden claims to have been an award-winning student and earned three degrees. He also spoke last week on Puerto Rico’s hurricane-devastated island, saying that he was a prize-winning student who earned three degrees.
They stated that Biden “has always embraced storytelling as a means of connecting with his audiences… But Mr. Biden can veer into folklore with dates that don’t quite add up, details that are exaggerated, or wrong, the factual edges shaved to make them more powerful and accessible for audiences.”
Here’s the fun part. Qiu is the paper’s designated “fact-checker.” If Biden is spinning yarns that unravel all the time, Qiu must be busy with Biden check. No. No.
Her archive of articles from that time includes at least 14 “fact check” articles on Republicans and/or Conservatives. This 14-to-1 target selection imbalance would remind you of PolitiFact, which makes sense because Qiu worked there before joining the Times.
The “fact-checker,” ironically, corrected Republicans on Jan. 6th riot’s anniversary that one-third of Republicans believed the riot was “mainly peaceful.” She also thought it was a terrible idea to try and compare them.
Qiu published an article on March 9 titled “Republicans Wrongly Blame Biden For Rising Gas Prices.” He claimed that the pandemic and its disruptions to global supply were the “primary reasons” for rising gas prices.
Qiu, along with other “fact-checkers”, insisted that Biden could not be blamed for providing baby formula to illegal immigrants when citizens couldn’t find it at stores. It’s “required” by a settlement, so Biden’s outrage cannot be blamed. She also quoted Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), calling Republican critics “the pro-starvation coalition,” but he did not draw any fact checks.
She attempted to discredit claims made at the National Rifle Association convention by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), claiming that Chicago was the “gun violence Capital” of America. Qiu’s protest that Chicago is perceived as the gun violence capital is funny. She claimed that smaller cities have a higher murder rate per head.
This highly unbalanced targeting pattern explains why conservatives are hostile not to facts but to “fact-checkers”. Liberal journalists are accused of being “misleading” or false by conservatives. However, liberals are simply “disagreeing” with them and nitpicking facts.
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Surprise! The New York Times Discovers Biden is a Liar, but Soft-Pedals
