The Propaganda FilesGlenn Kessler
Ran The Washington Post's Fact Checker column from 2011 to July 2025, then took a buyout and joined Sourcebase.ai, a media AI company. He wrote 'Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth' (2020).
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)
Four Pinocchios to Biden over Hunter's China income
Kessler gave President Biden Four Pinocchios for denying in 2020 that Hunter Biden made money from China.
Source: Fox News →Admitted he was 'completely wrong' to call the lab-leak theory doubtful
Kessler's 2020 fact check called the COVID lab-leak theory 'doubtful.' In August 2025 he told Ira Stoll: 'I was completely wrong about this... That's on me. I screwed up.'
Source: Fox News →Three Pinocchios to Obama on the auto bailout
Kessler gave the Obama White House Three Pinocchios over its auto-bailout claims. The White House answered with a blog post titled 'Fact Checking the Fact Checker.'
Source: Wikipedia (citing Obama White House blog) →