Fact Checking by Newspaper is a “New Low” Politician Says
Politifact and other fact checkers are casting increasingly influential shadows of power on political dialogue. by Matthew L. Schafer Politifact, the Pulitzer Prize winning fact checking website, is...
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On August 7, 2009, Sarah Palin posted her now-infamous claim that the healthcare proposal supported by President Obama would create death panels. (Flickr/sskennel :: Roger H. Goun) by Matthew L....
View ArticlePolitical Pinocchios, Fact Checking, and Journalist Responsibility
by Matthew L. Schafer No one ever said that telling the truth was easy. As The Times’ Public Editor Arthur Brisbane recently discovered, having conversations about how to deal with the truth is even...
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