Guise. Biden didn’t eulogize a former Grand Wizard of the KKK.

What a horrible and racist accusation.

AP fact-check understands that Robert Byrd was merely and exalted cyclops of the KKK.

60% of people only read headlines. So 60% of people see AP’s headline espousing “Biden didn’t Eulogize a KKK Grand Wizard” and they assume Biden didn’t give the Eulogy at all, not that Robert Byrd was a lower ranking member.

“Fact checking” is passive damage control.

The direct object is the thing that the subject acts upon, so, “eulogy” is the direct object; it's the thing Biden did. An indirect object is an optional part of a sentence; it's the recipient of an action: Robert Byrd.

People will always assume the direct object first.

English majors: “AKSHOOLLYY”