Hey Daniel Dale! Riddle us this: How in the world do you expect anybody to take you seriously as a fact-checker against President Trump’s supposed “falsehoods” when your own network commits the same offenses?
The bumbling CNN fact-checker burped out a long January 13 screed haranguing the president for economic statements he made during a Tuesday speech at the Detroit Economic Club. But the most gobsmackingly hilarious “fact-check” came when Dale threw a fit over Trump daring to say that “Inflation is stopped.” Dale snorted back: Uh-uh, “Inflation very much continues.”
He proceeded to point out the recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report showing consumer prices hitting 2.7 percent year-over-year while core inflation came in less-than-expected at 2.6 percent on the same annualized basis. That was still a relatively good report overall.
Alrighty Dale! Do you really want to be totally technical and completely do away with the nuance? Two can play at this game. So what do you have to say about your colleagues at CNN who did the same thing to vindicate Bidenomics that you’re now nipping at Trump’s ankles over?
CNN Business Executive Editor David Goldman effectively penned what amounted to an October 2024 pre-election ad for President Joe Biden and the Harris campaign, where he exclaimed: “Inflation has been tamed. Consumers are spending like crazy. Companies have more jobs available than job seekers to fill them. What more could you want, America?”
At that time, the consumer price inflation rate was nearly identical to December 2025 on an annualized basis at 2.6 percent. But core inflation, which excludes volatile prices in food and energy, was at 3.3 percent, literally 0.7 basis points higher than the current rate under Trump. But for Goldman, this meant “America won the war on inflation.”
“Inflation is stopped,” or “Inflation has been tamed.” Tomayto, tomahto, eh Dale?
Oh, but we’re just getting started. CNN Senior Writer Allison Morrow also tried to make it seem like Biden conquered the inflation dragon as early as August 2024 in a piece headlined, “The war on inflation has been won. It’s OK if you’re still angry.” At that time, headline inflation sat at 2.9 percent year-over-year, 0.2 points higher than the December 2025 reading Dale waved around to jab at Trump.
And how about this gem from logically inconsistent CNN Business Senior Economy Writer Alicia Wallace published December 27, 2023, where she claimed that “Inflation is nearly back to normal. But high prices have changed Americans’ lives.” To be clear, near “normal” for Wallace at that time was when prices were increasing at a 3.1 percent year-over-year rate in November, before ticking back up to 3.4 percent that December, 0.7 points higher than the current rate under Trump.
So Dale, before you go making a big stink about what Trump says in his usual hyperbole, perhaps you should deal with the rhetorical compost you're making within your own network first.
