CNN Fact Checked Sean Spicer On A Comment About Salad Dressing. No, Seriously.
The 2016 presidential election seemed to bring with it more than the average dose of finger pointing, lies and general mud slinging. Certain groups even decided to set up live “fact checkers” during the debates, in order to try and debunk the lies or half truths of the other parties candidate. Unfortunately, these groups were really only as credible as the money behind them, which is to say not at all.
Still, though, the idealistic plan carried on, and liberals new favorite pass time is to “fact check” our new Commander in Chief in order to try and discredit him. This is about as successful the Hillary campaign, but kudos to them for their perseverance. The trend has officially gotten out of hand though when a major news network decides to fact check a joke about a salad dressing. For real guys, salad dressing?
This is in response to Sean Spicers exasperated response to the unrelenting questions about a Russian connection to President Trump. Here’s how the exchange went:
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This was obviously meant to be an exaggeration of how far the media is willing to reach in order to find fault with the current administration. But in what can only be seen as a shining gift from above, CNN went and upped their game, to show us they will not be outdone, even by a joke about being over doing something.
CNN Politics actually ran a “story”, explaining the origins of, you guessed it, Russian dressing:
“Thing is, Russian dressing isn’t Russian,” wrote Michelle Krupa, who then went on to explain Russian dressing originated in Nashua, New Hampshire.
“It was grocer James E. Colburn who invented the spread in 1924, according to ‘New Hampshire Resources, Attractions and Its People, a History,’ by Hobart Pillsbury,” Krupa wrote. “The Washington Post cites the 1927 text, which says Colburn sold the condiment to ‘retailers and hotels across the country, earning ‘wealth on which he was enabled to retire.’”
“So what’s with the Russian connection?” Krupa wrote. “Some say it’s because Colburn liked to mix in caviar, or perhaps because it sometimes was added to the Russian-inspired Salad Olivier.”
There you have it, we stand corrected. President Trump must be guilty of espionage since the Press Secretary made a factually incorrect joke about the origin of a dressing.
Off with our heads!
(Source: The Blaze)
