Snopes Sets Itself on Fire With 'Fact-Check' of Biden Wearing a Hard Hat Backwards
Jan 27, 2024 16:42:50 #
Did Snopes just engage in the most dishonest "fact-check" of all time? That may be a little strong given how awful the fact-checking industry is, but their latest work has to be up there.
The setup involves Joe Biden wearing a hard hat backwards while trying to pander to union workers in Wisconsin. The photo itself is comical, and it was only a small part of the senility displayed during his trip.
The picture received the appropriate amount of ribbing from people online. I mean, it is objectively funny that, while trying to project himself as working-class, Biden managed to screw up wearing a hard hat. Snopes couldn't just leave well enough alone, though. One of their "fact-checkers" sprung into action to deliver one of the dumbest "ackshually" moments in recent political history. It's so bad that some thought it was fake, but it's real.
Essentially, Snopes took a picture of a man wearing his hard hat the correct way, which is dictated by which way the inner suspension structure is facing, and proclaimed that Biden was simply doing the same thing. Yet, when you look at the two pictures cited, it's clear that the president is not wearing his helmet the same way. In other words, the "proof" offered by Snopes disproves its own "fact-check."
That didn't stop Snopes from producing this pretentious justification for calling it "false" to say Biden wore the hard hat backwards.
The setup involves Joe Biden wearing a hard hat backwards while trying to pander to union workers in Wisconsin. The photo itself is comical, and it was only a small part of the senility displayed during his trip.
The picture received the appropriate amount of ribbing from people online. I mean, it is objectively funny that, while trying to project himself as working-class, Biden managed to screw up wearing a hard hat. Snopes couldn't just leave well enough alone, though. One of their "fact-checkers" sprung into action to deliver one of the dumbest "ackshually" moments in recent political history. It's so bad that some thought it was fake, but it's real.
Essentially, Snopes took a picture of a man wearing his hard hat the correct way, which is dictated by which way the inner suspension structure is facing, and proclaimed that Biden was simply doing the same thing. Yet, when you look at the two pictures cited, it's clear that the president is not wearing his helmet the same way. In other words, the "proof" offered by Snopes disproves its own "fact-check."
That didn't stop Snopes from producing this pretentious justification for calling it "false" to say Biden wore the hard hat backwards.
Jan 27, 2024 17:08:04 #
liberalhunter
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Parky60 wrote:
Did Snopes just engage in the most dishonest "... (show quote)
True..... Biden was also breaking OSHA regulations, the bill must be facing forward as the the PPE hard had was designed for the suspension to protect from impact per UL regulation..... welders under a hood are not subject to that rule while welding.
The full round hard hat was designed so people could look cool in lieu of wearing it backwards.
Either way......Biden is an idiot
Jan 27, 2024 17:18:23 #
Parky60 wrote:
Did Snopes just engage in the most dishonest "... (show quote)
I reckon that Snopes credibility is X False. No wonder those Union Members were laughing so hard.
Thanks Parky, that was even more laughs than TJ.
Jan 28, 2024 19:59:45 #
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