The curious disappearance of CNN's fact-checker Daniel Dale. (He reappeared on Thursday, heads up by Wiz Imp)

[Swede]

Last edited Sat Jun 13, 2026, 12:55 PM - Edit history (1)

Shit, with Trump's daily horrors, I missed Dale's disappearance.

While Scott Jennings gets prime time appearances on CNN to push MAGA narratives, the network’s resident fact checker hasn’t been seen on the air in three months. The timing is curious. what’s going on?

The story in @status.news
www.status.news/p/daniel-dal...

— Jon Passantino (@passantino.bsky.social) 2026-06-11T02:05:58.117Z

[Quiet Em]

1. I hope he is well

CNN lets Republicans lie without rebuke on their network. Maybe CNN doesn't want to fact check their lies either since they are attempting to be Fox News Lite.

[hlthe2b]

2. So, where is he? I cannot access that article without subscribing which I'm not about to do.

Anyone know where Dale went and what happened?

[malaise]

3. He should have gone public

That is all

[a kennedy]

4. Only gonna get worse with CNN now along side of SeeBS.

Ugh…..when is all this shit gonna stop and BE OVER. Nov can’t get here soon enough. 🤬

[Kid Berwyn]

5. Larry Ellison might know.

Guy had Jeffrey Epstein on his Oracle board o’ direcktors.

[Wiz Imp]

6. He was on the air at CNN on Thursday.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/daniel-dale-hits-cnn-fact-113910859.html

Daniel Dale Hits CNN to Fact-Check Trump — Hours After Damning Report on His 3-Month Absence
CNN senior reporter Daniel Dale hit the airwaves to fact-check President Donald Trump for the first time in over three months — less than 24 hours after a damning report on his absence.

It was about 2 weeks ago when the observation that Dale hadn't been on the air to fact-check Trump for 3 months surfaced, and CNN wouldn't say why. Then on Wednesday night, Natalie Korach, media correspondent for Oliver Darcy's Status newsletter, dropped some reporting that built on that story, entitled "The Curious Disappearance of Daniel Dale."

Korach noted speculation about the absence in the context of Paramount's planned merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN's parent company.

This time, CNN issued a statement that they also provided to Mediaite's Sarah Rumpf:

There is no truth to this. Daniel is a multiplatform reporter whose regular fact checks of the President are an important part of CNN's political coverage. Like all CNN reporters, his on-air appearances are determined by the news of the day — any suggestion otherwise is false.

[True Dough]

7. Now, THIS is the fact-checking I came here for!

Thanks, Wiz Imp!

[Swede]

8. Good job!

So the article came out on the 10th and Dale reappeared on the 11th. Nice.

[questionseverything]

9. Exactly, cnn got caught is all so they will fold for now

[Wiz Imp]

10. It is kind of suspicious, isn't it?

[Swede]

11. I'm paranoid these days.

Coincidence?

[littlemissmartypants]

12. CNN don't need no stinking fact checker. We already know that their reporting is subpar. Too late for cleanup. eom