The problem with Kessler as a fact checker on this topic is his family connection to the oil sands in Canada, his great grandfather was the creator of Royal Dutch Shell, today the 4th largest company in the world, the parent company of Shell in the U.S. and they are invested in oil sands in Canada and would benefit from keystone xl.He said it wouldn't benefit the United States. Let's see if the msm vets him about this lie. Doubt it.
"When considering the domestically-produced petroleum products that this pipeline would introduce into the American economy, as well as the new employment opportunities created by the pipeline and the increased profits accrued by American firms as a result of its operation, it’s clear that Keystone would have a measurable positive impact on the American economy.
“The White House declined to provide an on-the-record defense of the president’s statement,” Kessler concluded. “That certainly suggests officials are unwilling to make a public case contradicting the State Department findings.” He dubbed Obama’s statement a willfully misleading “whopper” by giving it an ignominious four Pinocchios."
WaPo: Obama is lying to you about Keystone « Hot Air
Kessler probably should have recused himself, from fact checking this topic and let someone else, with no family connection, do the fact checking, for how it 'appears'.