New American Thinker Article: Fact-Checkers or Feelings-Checkers?

My latest article for American Thinker is up and this one is on the "Feelings Checkers" who have come to blight our nation. Indeed, it's a topic I've written about before.

This time, I start with their "feelings check" of a good-ole Donald Trump (who is by every means a man who should be fact checked, as he does tend to say false things). But the way they treat him is utterly ridiculous. I start off with The Huffington Post's treatment of him during the election,

One article from the Huffington Post back during the election drew my attention to this new scourge. It claimed 'Donald Trump Made Up Stuff 71 Times In An hour.' Here are a few examples,

'1. Claim: '[Ted Cruz]’s home state is Texas. It may be Canada.'
'Reality: Canada is not a state and Ted Cruz, while born there, calls Texas home.'

Fact checking a joke. Good start.

'5. Claim: 'I’m a loyal person.' — Trump on his decision to stand by Lewandowski.
'Reality: Trump is famous for the phrase, ‘You’re fired.’ His marital history also conflicts with this statement.'

Trump’s subjective claim is obviously false. The only acceptable answer, obviously, would have been “I am literally Hitler.”

'12. Claim: ‘I see Hillary with Benghazi, you know the famous ad, three in the morning, guess what, the phone rang, she wasn’t there.’
'Reality: An email did surface showing that Clinton missed a briefing because she was sleeping. It was not a phone call. And it was at 10:43 a.m., with Clinton likely overseas.'

The Huffington Post then went on to claim Trump was lying when he said a particular deal “cost me an arm and a leg” because he still has both of his arms and both of his legs.

And then I go after CNN and Politifact. Check it out.