Biden Tells Nearly One Lie Per Minute During CNN Interview; CNN Refuses To Fact-Check Him

Joe Biden submitted to a slightly more challenging interview this week, moving from Howard Stern to CNN. But only slightly. 

And, luckily for Biden, CNN showed no interest in correcting his many lies.

Biden told 15 lies in 17 minutes with host Erin Burnett, per a New York Post review -- nearly a lie a minute. 

Here are a few of the lies he told:

Biden: "Other than Herbert Hoover, [Donald Trump] is the only president who has lost more jobs than he created." 

Trump didn’t "lose" jobs. He was president during a global pandemic.

Biden: "I’ve created over 15 million jobs since I’ve been president." 

Americans returned to the workforce after the introduction of the vaccine.

Biden: "You know we have 1,000 billionaires in America. Know what their average federal tax is? 8.3%." 

The top 0.1% of earners, with more than $4.4 million in expanded cash income, pay an average rate of 25.1% in federal income and payroll taxes.

Biden:  "Inflation was 9% when I came to office."

Reality: Inflation was 1.4% in January 2021.

At least CNN deployed its hot-shot fact-checker to correct the record and hold the president accountable, right?

Not quite.

The media watchdog NewsBusters found that CNN disinformation czar Daniel Dale has not fact-checked Biden on-air once since the interview on Wednesday. 

In fact, Dale has not "checked" anyone but Donald Trump in months, whom he fact-checked nine times on-air since Trump’s Manhattan trial last month.

"[Dale] is handy to have around at times like this," Jake Tapper said on April 18. 

He sure was.

We do not criticize CNN for employing a readily available fact-checker. We are criticizing CNN for not turning to that fact-checker after airing an interview during which the sitting president told close to one lie per minute. 

US President Joe Biden participates in a CNN Town Hall hosted by Don Lemon at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 21, 2021.(Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

For those wondering in which direction new CNN CEO Mark Thompson would steer the network ahead of the 2024 election, you have an answer. 

CNN has, quietly, reverted to the MSNBC wannabe it was during most of Jeff Zucker's reign.

Still, CNN doesn't hold the same influence over voters it did during previous elections – nor does the rest of the corporate media. 

Voters, at large, do not trust the media.

A Gallup poll found that just 15 percent of American adults trust newspapers and only 11 percent trust television news. Congress is the only institution that Americans have less faith in than the press.

Most honest voters understand that CNN hosts and fact-checkers are politically compromised. 

Plus, particularly in CNN's case, viewership is scarce. Not a single program on CNN currently ranks among the top 25 shows in cable news.

Political deception only works if the deceiver has the reach and credibility to deceive. 

CNN no longer has either.