Washington Post’s Fact Checker checks out as buyouts usher in an era where 'facts' might just be optional footnotes. Spoiler alert: it's like hiring a fire marshal after the fire’s long done.

Fact-checking at the Post is fading faster than your favorite snack in the breakroom. Soon the newsroom’s motto might be 'Fake it till you make headlines!'

If fact-checking were a wristwatch, the Washington Post just opted for a sundial. Functional? Debatable. Spectacularly out of sync? Absolutely.