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Tag: Fact checking

Lies, more lies and then Pinocchios for Trump

February 26, 2017 Bill Kesler Government, Politics, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Poor fact-checkers. The lies coming out of the White House just won’t stop. The Washington Post uses Pinocchios to score just how bad a

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Perils of, or confessions of a political junkie who can’t multitask

October 5, 2016 Arthur Lieber Media, Uncategorized Leave a comment

I don’t get it. Since before kindergarten I was told to pay attention. I guess that the constant reminding finally was pounded in, or

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Two journalists who pass the Lippman test

October 3, 2012 Renee Shur 2012 Election, Media Leave a comment

“Tell the truth.”  “Shame the devil.” Leave it to one of America’s most respected and incisive journalists, Walter Lippman, to sum up in a

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Meet the facts

April 25, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Media Leave a comment

Distressed that NBC’s Meet the Press has devolved into a platform for unchallenged, incorrect statements by politicians, two college students have launched a website

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