The man behind The Washington Post’s “Pinocchios” is leaving the paper without anyone to fill his shoes.

Glenn Kessler, the editor of The Fact Checker , announced Monday he has taken a buyout, ending his lengthy career at the Post.

“After more than 27 years at The Washington Post, including almost 15 as The Fact Checker, I will be leaving on July 31, having taken a buyout,” Kessler wrote on his Facebook page. “Much as I would have liked to keep scrutinizing politicians in Washington, especially in this era, the financial considerations were impossible to dismiss.”

Kessler said he wrote or edited more than 3,000 fact checks as editor and chief writer of The Fact Checker.

“When I started in 2011, there were only a handful of fact-checking organizations around the world, and I have bee

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