Last week I went into painstaking detail to prove that White House press secretary Josh Earnest wasn’t telling the truth when he claimed that President Obama didn’t have ISIS in mind when he used the phrase “jayvee team” in a New Yorker interview.

The Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler weighs in today, making essentially the same points and, by the end, awarding Mr. Earnest “four pinnochios,” the worst possible rating when it comes to judging the honesty of a claim.

According to Mr. Kessler:

With the passage of eight months, the president’s “JV” comment looks increasingly untenable, so we can understand why the White House spokesman would try to suggest that what is now known as the Islamic State was not the subject of the conversation.

But in quoting from the transcript, Earnest provided a selective reading of the discussion. In particular, he failed to provide the context in which Obama made his remarks — the takeover of Fallujah by ISIS. That’s fairly misleading. The interviewer was certainly asking about ISIS when Obama answered with his “JV” remarks.

Mr. Kessler also reports, “We asked Earnest and White House representatives for a response but over a four-day period did not get a reply.”

It’s little wonder why. The White House press secretary intentionally misled us, he’s been called out for it, and he can’t defend it. All of this from an administration which promised to return politics to a respected place in American life.