The week in whoppers: Jim Acosta denies Trumps popular vote win, Joy Reid predictsreparations for white people and more

Spot the difference:“The former president falsely accused the Biden administration of ..

.neglecting [hurricane victims in] areas that had voted for Republicans.” — The New York Times, Oct.

4vs.“FEMA Fires Employee for Telling Milton Relief Workers to Skip Houses With Trump Signs” – The New York Times, SaturdayWe say: Once again, the media “fact checks” President-elect Donald Trump on something, only for him to later be proven 100% right: FEMA employees were being told to discriminate against GOP voters.Egg, meet face.

If that weren’t bad enough, as of Thursday, the “paper of record” had still not corrected this egregious smear.No wonder trust in the media is at an all-time low.This claim:“[Trump wants] reparations for white people” — MSNBC’s Joy Reid, Tuesday We say: Reid is mad because Trump plans to fine schools that have continued to engage in racial discrimination after the Supreme Court outlawed affirmative action and give “a portion of the seized funds” to those who have been discriminated against — primarily Asian students, not whites.

But the fact that Asian kids are the biggest victims of racial quotas doesn’t fit the left’s narrative, so it gets ignored. This assertion:“Any objective assessment of Biden’s tenure would show him to have been a highly successful president, especially on economics.” — MSNBC contributor Paul Waldman, SundayWe say: Sky-high inflation, lagging jobs numbers and record credit-card debt say otherwise.Biden’s acolytes can wave around cherry-picked data points and try to rewrite history all they want.

It doesn’t change the truth Americans have been living for the past four years: Bidenomics failed.  This statement:“[Trump] is claiming a popular vote victory that did not occur.” — CNN’s Jim Acosta, WednesdayWe say: Last we checked, 75.6 million is more than 72.4 million, so Trump did indeed win the popular vote.In fact, he nabbed the most popular votes of any Republ...