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Noted Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler was fact-checked himself by Twitter community notes<\/a> on his clarification on whether George Soros “funds” Alvin Bragg.<\/p>\n

Kessler posted a fact-check analysis on Saturday about the “incendiary claim” by Republicans that left-wing billionaire George Soros helped to fund the Manhattan district attorney\u2019s election campaign in 2021. In his review, Kessler gave Republicans three Pinocchios, calling the claim “slippery” and warning about antisemitic implications.<\/p>\n

“Republicans are being slippery here. Claiming Soros \u2018funded\u2019 Bragg is simply false, but many rely on the more ambiguous phrase of \u2018backed,\u2019 which is technically correct by several degrees of separation. But it\u2019s still misleading and worthy of Three Pinocchios,” Kessler wrote. “The incendiary focus on Soros raises more difficult questions. Given the tenuous connection between Soros and Bragg, it\u2019s a dangerous game that plays into stereotypes of rich Jewish financiers secretly controlling events.”<\/p>\n

However, Twitter community notes corrected this fact-check, reporting that Soros did, in fact, donate money to an organization that supported Bragg.<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Soros donated $1 million to the Color of Change PAC, the largest individual donation it received in the 2022 election cycle, days after it endorsed Bragg for district attorney and pledged more than $1 million in spending to support his candidacy,” the note read.<\/p>\n

Kessler pushed back, saying that “Twitter trolls” did not read his fact-check.<\/p>\n

“Twitter trolls who posted a \u2018community note\u2019 to this tweet apparently have not read the actual fact check. Click the link and you will find that Color of Change did not spend $1 million in independent expenditures on Bragg, as people often claim,” Kessler tweeted.<\/p>\n

This referred to another tweet Kessler had, reading, “One interesting finding: Color of Change, a progressive criminal justice group that received money from Soros, had claimed it would spend $1 million on behalf of Bragg. But state elections records show it only spent about $420,000.”<\/p>\n

“And the link in the community note leads to an article headlined \u2018Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s ties to billionaire George Soros are not as close as Republicans claim,\u2019” he added.<\/p>\n

The latest tweet ironically faced another community note from Twitter, correcting Kessler\u2019s claim on the previous note.<\/p>\n

“The original Community Note does not say that the Color of Change PAC spent the $1 million it originally pledged. Soros donated $1 million to the PAC days after it endorsed Bragg and pledged more than $1 million in spending to support his candidacy,” the second community note read.<\/p>\n

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Twitter CEO Elon Musk likewise ridiculed Kessler\u2019s original fact-check.<\/p>\n

“Only thing on fire are Kessler\u2019s pants,” Musk tweeted.<\/p>\n

The Twitter community notes is a feature that allows users to sign up and provide “missing context” regarding certain tweets. More recently, the feature has been used to correct various mainstream media claims as well as politicians\u2019 tweets.<\/p>\n

Most notably, Twitter users fact-checked a tweet from the White House<\/a> that claimed Social Security checks increased in November.<\/p>\n

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“Seniors are getting the biggest increase in their Social Security checks in 10 years through President Biden’s leadership,” the original tweet read.<\/p>\n

The note under the tweet read, “Seniors will receive a large Social Security benefit due to the annual cost of living adjustment, which is based on the inflation rate.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

After the backlash, the White House eventually deleted the tweet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/wapo-fact-checker-fact-checked-himself-twitters-community-notes-alvin-bragg-george-soros <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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