WaPo 'Fact Checks' SNL 'I'm Just A Bill' Sketch And Twitter Has A Party

A man as fat as Chris Farley would never have received an audition with the Chippendales.

11.24.2014
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Larry O'Connor
  

As soon as Saturday Night Live's "I'm Just A Bill" parody skewering President Obama's executive amnesty order went super-viral on the Internet Sunday morning, none other than the Washington Post stepped in to "fact-check" the satirical sketch. 

According to the Justice Department memo spelling out Obama's legal authority, the president is drawing a careful line. He is protecting the parents of citizens and permanent residents — people who could conceivably have a right to become citizens in the future given they are the family of lawful permanent residents or citizens.

Meanwhile,  young immigrants bought to the United States as children had no say in their parents' decision to violate U.S. immigration law. Notably, the parents of these "dreamers," as advocates call them," are not protected under Obama's action, unless they also have children who are citizens and permanent residents. 

An extensive Google archive search has turned up no occurrence where the Washington Post debunked the myth perpetuated by SNL that Sarah Palin ever claimed her foreign policy credentials were excellent because she "could see Russia from (her) house." 

Social media had some biting criticism of the Washington Post for their insistence on protecting the President at all costs: 

 

Twitter users seemed to like the idea of a hashtag dedicated to "#WaPoFactChecks" and as Twitchy points out, the results added a new level of parody to the parody:  

 

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