NPR allowed the Washington Post’s “fact-checker” Glenn Kessler eight minutes to defend his widely criticized piece that questioned Sen. Tim Scott’s, R-S.C. story about how his family made their way “from cotton to Congress.”

NPR allowed the Washington Post’s “fact-checker” Glenn Kessler eight minutes to defend his widely criticized piece that questioned Sen. Tim Scott’s, R-S.C. story about how his family made their way “from cotton to Congress.”