Washington Post FACT CHECKER Finally Acknowledges Biden Lied About Inflation Being 9% When He Took Office (Really 1.4%) and Then the WaPo Censors Suspended The Old Colonel From Commenting for Calling Them Out for Being “A Day Late and a Dollar Short”

When this Washington Post article was finally published on 15 May 2024, the Old Colonel had the audacity to point out that many other reputable news sources had been reporting about it for over a month and even The Old Colonel had posted an in depth article about it on 15 April on his Blog at: https://old-soldier-colonel.blogspot.com/2024/04/president-geriatric-joe-biden-once.html So, once again, the WaPo was “a day late and a dollar short” but guess, “Better late than never.” So what did the WaPo Censors do to retaliate for the Old Colonel having the temerity to call them out for their lack of interest in anything negative about their "Favorite Son" President Biden, they suspended his ability to comment for a time.

FACT CHECKER

Biden’s false claim that inflation was 9 percent when he took office

In recent weeks, the president has misled about a key election issue.

Analysis by Glenn Kessler, The Fact Checker, 15 May 2024 at 0600/6:00 a.m. EDT

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/15/bidens-false-claim-that-inflation-was-9-percent-when-he-took-office/?commentID=2c8f4060-ff40-402e-adb3-bffa39f5b388

 

Here is the Comment the WaPo Censors: “Removed by moderator for violating our community standards”.. and here the Old Colonel was unaware the WaPo had any standards!

REMOVED COMMENT

Notice the WaPo finally acknowledged today that “Inflation peaked at an annual rate of 9.1 percent in 2022” but Biden repeatedly lied for over a month saying it was at 9% when he took office. In fact, when Trump left office on 20 January 2021 he handed over to President Biden an inflation rate of 1.4% that month. It didn’t reach 9.1% until June 2022 or 17 months into his presidency.  Many other reputable news sources have been reporting about this for over a month and even I posted an in depth article about it on 15 April on my Blog at: https://old-soldier-colonel.blogspot.com/2024/04/president-geriatric-joe-biden-once.html

Again, the WaPo was “a day late and a dollar short” but I guess, “Better late than never.” I’m not surprised that this Biden gaffe was not mentioned in the WaPo until now and was probably only mentioned now because most of the reputable news sources are now mentioning it.  There are “lies of omission” where a story is misleading because of what is left out and “lies of commission” where a story knowingly contains falsehoods Seems the WaPo is an expert in both types. Hence, their new tag line: Democracy Dies in Darkness and the WaPo is Turning Out the Lights.

The Punishment Meted Out by the WaPo Censors:

Once again, the WaPo censors were quick to silence me with a suspension from commenting. 

In recent years I have been frequent WaPo commenters gleefully pointing out and correcting their numerous errors but have noticed fewer and fewer comments from Conservative readers have been showing up.  I had assumed that this lack of Conservative comments was attributable to fewer and fewer Conservative WaPo subscribers as the paper kept drifting further and further to the Left and losing readership but over time I have realized otherwise.  It seems the WaPo just censors, deletes and ultimately bans Conservative commenters to avoid WaPo embarrassment from having their errors and biased coverage exposed.  I know this because that is what has happened to me on several occasions. To support my accusation, just peruse this blog for several articles posting innocuous honest and totally accurate comments that obviously offended the sensitivities of the WaPo Censors so they arbitrarily and capriciously removed without justification.