The Propaganda FilesPhilip Bump
Longtime Washington Post national correspondent and columnist who wrote the 'How to Read This Chart' newsletter. He took a Post buyout in July 2025.
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 (2)
Podcast: 'half the country doesn't actually dig into the issues'
In a podcast interview with Comedy Cellar owner Noam Dworman about Biden family influence-peddling claims, Bump said 'half the country doesn't actually dig into the issues' and 'you don't listen to the press.' Bump later said coverage of the interview was misleading.
Source: Jonathan Turley blog →Lafayette Square column contradicted by Interior IG
Bump's June 8, 2020 column called Attorney General Barr's account of the Lafayette Square clearing 'dishonest'; the Interior Department Inspector General reported in June 2021 that Park Police cleared the park to install fencing, not for Trump's walk to St. John's Church. No correction was issued; Bump's follow-up column listed 'lingering questions.'
Source: Jonathan Turley blog →