The media running cover for Elizabeth Warren, saying those calling out her lie have been engaged in a “sexist trope” or of “pouncing.” This one is, however, a fresh approach to fact checking:

Elizabeth Warren's pregnancy discrimination story is legit. I asked my mom. https://t.co/DCwMpn9K2H — Detroit Free Press (@freep) October 11, 2019

Ho. Lee. Cow. They really did that:

This is something @TheBabylonBee probably considered writing but thought it sounded too ridiculous https://t.co/3wFzsaseOj — Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) October 11, 2019

omg this is real, i can't stop laughing https://t.co/zcYOevmKX4 — Rory (@rhetorical_rory) October 11, 2019

It’s real, and it’s spectacularly embarrassing for the media (again).

Was your mom’s name Elizabeth Warren or was she a principal at the school? Because I’m not sure how else she would know… https://t.co/urirprCmlP — (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) October 11, 2019

LMFAOOOOOO so pathetic bwahahahahahah https://t.co/cMdvhosijE — ? Bob “Spooky ghost of Bin Laden” Malak ? (@bob_malak) October 11, 2019

This is so demonstrably the very definition of a fallacy that I can't believe I need to say this, but: 1) Some As are Bs

2) I am an A

3) Therefore, I am a B Is not a logically sound argument. https://t.co/rrK8zuzht5 — Paul Foeller (@pfoeller) October 11, 2019

My mom told me the Tooth Fairy was real, too https://t.co/IOiLSmUiDP — Grant Addison (@jgrantaddison) October 11, 2019

Democrats definitely eat babies. I asked my mom. https://t.co/4qOaYqtKn8 — The Dank Knight ??? (@capeandcowell) October 11, 2019

I’m considering ending all tweets with “I asked my mom”. https://t.co/0SFckvVzQ3 — Fuzzy Chimp (@fuzzychimpcom) October 11, 2019

Media coverage dismissing legitimate questions about Warren's pregnancy discrimination story feels like a parody of itself at this point. https://t.co/ZXJ2Qa5DwJ — Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) October 11, 2019

Just to be clear…. a writer at a news organization decided this was a news-worthy thing to write, and then an editor saw it and decided, "yeah, this is completely on-par with basic journalistic standards" and published it https://t.co/XgYy0fCG61 — Harry Khachatrian (@Harry1T6) October 11, 2019

And yet we have a feeling we’re far from reaching peak “journalism” during this election cycle.