CNN Political Commentator Calls Out Network’s Fact-Checker On Air

CNN political commentator David Urban called out the network’s fact-checker Daniel Dale live on-air on Tuesday regarding the lack of corrections made about alleged false claims by President Joe Biden and officials during the Democratic National Convention (DNC).

One of the claims made by officials of the DNC was that the convention ran behind schedule due to the prolonged applause from the audience, according to NewsNation. Urban called out Dale for not fact-checking those claims, arguing it ran longer than scheduled due to “poor planning.”

“Daniel Dale wasn’t around last night, so I think in terms of fact-checking, just a couple quick fact-checks … ‘The convention didn’t run long because of applause.’ This is factually not correct. It didn’t run long because of applause, it ran long due to poor planning,” Urban said.