WaPo Fact Checker: 3 Pinocchios For Claim Of ‘Doctored’ Benghazi Emails [View all]

[brett_jv]

Source: Washington Post via TPM

Washington Post fact checker Glen Kessler on Tuesday examined the controversy over Benghazi emails the White House released last week, dishing out "three pinocchios" to the administration's claim that Capitol Hill Republicans "doctored" quotes to "smear the president."

Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/wapo-fact-checker-3-pinocchios-for-claim-of?ref=fpb

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So ... I guess they're going to cover each others backs.

Is is just me, or has the WaPo has been coming off as bad as the Times lately?

I'm afraid that this development pretty much puts the kibosh on any hope we had on this particular story gaining any sort of traction. How are we going to argue that the "doctoring" was done when the "liberal" Post has all but proclaimed that the story ... is a lie?

The only thing that is not disheartening about this story is the comment section ... Kessler is getting read the proverbial riot act by EVERY poster. Nice to see