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Jason Linkins

Fact-Check Fetish Now Being Applied To Sketch Comedy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Cnn, Factchecking, Fact Check, Saturday Night Live, Public Service Administration, Media Criticism, Sketch Comedy, The Daily Show, Andy Cobb, Media News

Does anyone actually expect SNL to get its facts straight? Well, yes! Very recently, the show ran another sketch that featured Armisen as Obama. This actually led to CNN factchecking the show.

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Palin's Oily Lies Drip from the Pages of Going Rogue

Shannyn Moore | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Lies, Alaska, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Exxon v Baker, Exxon, Fact Check, Greg Palast, Katie Couric, Oil Spill Settlement, Going Rogue, Reality Deficit Disorder, Health Care, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

Alaska's willingness to do business with Exxon was like having your parents rent the basement to the guy who date raped you on prom night. Now Palin is claiming victory for the people of Alaska? Reality Deficit Disorder, now in book form.

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Release 0.9: We're All Fact-Checkers Now

Esther Dyson | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media

Read More: FTC Bloggers, Fact Check, Citizen Journalism, Online Journalism, Bloggers, Media News
Esther Dyson

Spin, propaganda, and censorship persist in journalism, but with one big difference: Almost anyone can now operate as a reporter. How can we ensure that these self-nominated reporters respect the truth?

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Jason Linkins

Health Care Bill To Cover Undocumented Immigrants? False.

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Video, Fact Check, Media Matters, Joe Wilson, Dylan Ratigan, Morning Meeting, Media News

Over at Media Matters, Eric Boehlert calls out the media for covering Rep. Joe Wilson's interjectory fireworks during President Obama's address to a j...

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Group Launches Site To Debunk Conservatives' Viral Emails

Media Matters Action Network | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fact Check, Conservatives, Rnc, Viral Email, Michael Steele, Gop, False Advertising, Politics News

Today, the Republican National Committee released a new ad in support of its so-called "Seniors' Bill of Right." The ad features RNC Chairman Michael ...

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Obama Admin Fires Back At Right Wing With Detailed Rebuttal Of "Death Book" Claim

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conservative Media, Death Book, Obama Administration, Fact Check, Healthcare Reform, Politics News

In a sign of real concern about the right wing's latest lurid health care tale, the Obama administration's veterans agency is hitting back at conserva...

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USA Today Needs to Check Its Facts: The Priority is the Economy

Kety Esquivel | Posted 04.11.2009 | Home

Read More: U.S. Economy, Fact Check, Accurate Verification, Social Security Administration, Economy, Jobs, Business Groups, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Immigrant Advocacy Groups, Department of Homeland Security, u.s. Economy Problems, E-Verify, USA Today, Unemployment, Media Matters, Congressional Budget Office, Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), Undocumented Workers, Immigration Policy Center (IPC), Home News
Kety Esquivel

Catherine Singley, Office of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Earlier this week, our friends at the Immigration...

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Jed Lewison

Obama Campaign Releases Debate "Pre-Buttal"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Debate, Fact Check, Politics News

The Obama campaign, hoping to get out in front of expected McCain campaign attacks during tonight's debate, released the following "pre-buttal":...

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Jed Lewison

Both Candidates Made Misstatements, But McCain's Were By A Mile

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Factcheck.org, Barack Obama, Debate, Fact Check, Politics News

I've put together a summary of the misstatements of fact in last night's debate as tracked by FactCheck.org. The bottom-line is that while Obama did m...

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#spinewatch Update

Craig Newmark | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Twitter Spinewatch, Fact Check, Press Fact Check, Home News
Craig Newmark

An alternative metaphor to "grow a spine" is "get a pair" courtesy of Amy Poehler and Tina Fey.

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