Yesterday we learned that the AP fact-checked PA State Senator (and now GOP candidate for PA Gov) Doug Mastriano:
Doug Mastriano, Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor, has made a campaign staple out of the allegation that Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s policy of readmitting COVID-19 patients from hospitals to nursing homes caused thousands of deaths — a baseless claim for which no investigator or researcher has provided any evidence.
In fact, layers of inspections by researchers have pointed to entirely something different — nursing home employees ushering in the virus every day — while investigators found administrators flouting staffing requirements or infection-control procedures.
The date stamp on this at the AP is simply "July 5, 2022."
However the writer of the piece (the "fact-checker" if you will) tweeted a link to it with a time stamp of 12:47 PM on July 5:
HARRISBURG, Pa. (@AP) — Doug Mastriano, Pennsylvania’s GOP nominee for governor, has made a campaign staple out of the baseless allegation that Gov. Tom Wolf’s policy of readmitting COVID-19 patients from hospitals to nursing homes caused thousands of deaths.
— Marc Levy (@timelywriter) July 5, 2022
One day, nine hours and forty-two minutes later, Doug Mastriano tweeted:
That "Thousands of nursing home deaths..." part? It's still a lie, Doug.
Morning Call posted the AP story.
Delco Times posted the AP story.
York Dispatch posted the AP story.
Harrisburg TV station ABC 27 posted the AP story.
Bedford Gazette posted the AP story.
Military News posted the AP story.
I posted the AP story.
