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Daniel Dale
Former Toronto Star Washington bureau chief hired by CNN in 2019 as a fact-checker focused on Trump. Has been largely absent from CNN broadcasts since March 2026.
Slant Score · ranked #64 of 175 from most left to most right
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Thin record: fewer than a handful of documented items, so this score is pulled toward the center and could move a lot as evidence is added.
The receipts (3)
Broke with own side · served the right · +1.7 R · Sep 14, 2023
Fact-checked Biden's 'pattern' of invented stories
After Biden's 9/11 remarks Dale said Biden has an 'unfortunate pattern' of inventing or exaggerating stories about his own life, listing several examples.
Source: Mediaite →On-record statement · served the left · +1.5 L · Nov 15, 2020
Dale calls Trump election tweets 'bonkers lies'
Posted: "Trump is tweeting absolutely bonkers lies about the election. It is bad."
Source: X (@ddale8) →On-record statement · served the left · +1.5 L · Nov 5, 2020
Dale says prominent Republicans engaged in 'massive quantity of lying'
Posted: "Just a massive quantity of lying and misleading being done by prominent Republicans right now"
Source: X (@ddale8) →