Former Washington Post colleagues Glenn Kessler and Jen Rubin reunited on August 4 on Rubin’s The Contrarian podcast to discuss Kessler’s departure from the Post’s Fact Checker page. During their conversation, Kessler would unleash three headscratchers: that he fact-checked Republicans more because they are in power, a historically incorrect warning about going back to the 19th century media model, and the claim that Democrats are the party disadvantaged by the current media landscape.
Rubin echoed the idea that Republicans are fact-checked more because they deserve it, “And when you say politicians, we're really talking about a sea change in the Republican Party. Democrat politicians are not always truthful, they exaggerate. Joe Biden had a few of these things that he just kept repeating over and over again, but really the sea change has been on the Republican side, hasn't it?”
Kessler agreed, “Yeah, I would say that's generally correct.”
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. Nick Kangadis
