Snopes Editor Doesn't Like the Facts, Comes to the Rescue of USA Today Fact-Checker Covering for Biden Regarding His Watch-Checking

Red State ^ | 09/04/2021 | Brad Slager

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

So are they now saying that Biden was checking Corn Pop’s watch and therefore it wasn’t his?

[Bob434]

Guess Snopes needs to be fact checked-

[No.6]

Duckspeakers doubleplusgood.

(or in regular English, the ****ers line up to defend each other in proportion to the absurdity of their lies)

[eyedigress]

They are running out of any prevalence.

Dementia Joe is the “spokesperson” for the deep state.

The Lord will let it leak out.

[Seruzawa]

Snopes is a leftwing hack site. Even on non-political things they are often full of it.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Getting defended by Snopes isn't as good as it used to be: The CEO of fact-checking site Snopes was caught plagiarizing dozens of articles

[bgill]

Snopes and facts. Doesn’t compute.

[alexander_busek]

It’s easy to dunk on journalists when [...]

...and:

Anyone who dunks on that needs a hug and a nap.

I find their diction peculiar.

I am familiar with the transitive verb "to dunk" meaning "to immerse something or someone," as in "He dunked his doughnut into the coffee," or "He dunked the basketball through the hoop" - but to "dunk on someone or something?!"

Well, I guess that they are modern journalists, so we have to cut them some slack.

Regards,

[alexander_busek]

They are running out of any prevalence.

I think you meant: relevance.

Regards,

[pepsi_junkie]

but to "dunk on someone or something?!"

It's slang for a player in a game of basketball who showboats by not just beating his defender but dunking the ball instead of settling for a layup. The implication is that he is intentionally disrespecting his opponent.

[alexander_busek]

It's slang for a player in a game of basketball who showboats by not just beating his defender but dunking the ball instead of settling for a layup. The implication is that he is intentionally disrespecting his opponent.

Great! Now I have to look up the word "layup!"

So, is "to dunk on s.o." synonymous with "intentionally disrespect s.o.?" But the critics in this story are not "intentionally disrespecting" anyone, are they? That is not the "accusation." Rather, they are criticizing them.

I would have preferred, "to criticize," "to rebuke," or "to reproach s.o."

Regards,

[alexander_busek]

It’s easy to dunk on criticize journalists when we get things wrong confabulate things or distort the truth.

And it's especially easy when the so-called "journalists" and "fact-finders" are so brazen in their attempt to thwart the truth.

Regards,

[Secret Agent Man]

Who will fact-check the fact checkers?

Who will expose the libtard doxxers?

[Laslo Fripp]

Layup is when Kameltoe is on the bottom, as opposed to laid down.

I looked it up in Willie Brown’s dictionary.

[.44 Special]

My, my. Being a fact checker. Always depending on someone else’s report to confirm or deny another’s work. Seems to only be used by liars. Who aspires to such a position?

[Lee'sGhost]

Of course, he means “dump on” but did not want to use a phrase with bathroom connotations, so he changed it to “dunk on” rather than write something different and accurate.

Yes, a modern “journalist.”

[moovova]

"Come on man..."

Funke and Liles should, at the very least, get Participation Trophies!

[Responsibility2nd]

A beleaguered fact-check reporter at USA Today has been foundering for a few days……..

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Odd. Foundering is being misused again. A few days ago some one else misused this word and some Freepers and I discussed the difference between foundering and floundering.

Ships founder. Beleaguered fact-check reporters flounder.