That, to me, was a big shift. You saw a torrent of advertising, as a lot of it disconnected from the campaigns. Some of the campaigns, you ended up with more ads done by outside groups than by the candidates themselves. We talked three years ago and we went through the philosophy of the fact checker, which is online, anyone can watch. For those of you who dont know what you do, what is the fact checker . The Washington Post launched it in 2007. It was just for the 2008 campaign year. It was originally done by my colleague, michael dobbs, who writes history books now. In 2011, the Washington Post asked me to revive the fact checker and make it a permanent feature. Generally, i write and i have a colleague who works on it with me i write one or two fact checks per day. One runs in the sunday Washington Post as well. I rate politicians based on the accuracy of their statements. I look for statements that are about big issues, statements that i can use to tell a larger story about the back
With the rise of the super pacs , a lot of the ads were pretty bad. That, to me, was a big shift. You saw a torrent of advertising as a lot of it disconnected from the campaigns. Some of the campaigns, you ended up with more ads done by outside groups than by the candidates themselves. We talked three years ago and we went through the philosophy of the fact checker which is online, anyone can watch. For those of you who dont know what you do, what is the fact checker . The Washington Post launched it in 2007. It was just for the 2008 campaign year. It was originally done by my colleague, michael dobbs, who writes history books now. In 2011, the Washington Post asked me to revive the fact checker and make it a permanent feature. Generally, i write and i have a colleague who works on it with me i write one or two fact checks per day. One runs in the sunday Washington Post as well. I rate politicians based on the accuracy of their statements. I look for statements that are about big issue
Story about the background of the federal budget, or the Health Care Law, issues that are confusing to people, that they hear politicians talk about, and are wondering, is that really true . It is kind of like a reverse restaurant rating. The worst you can get is four pinocchios. Three is mostly false, one is, there is some problem with the statistic, it may be out of context. If you are completely factually accurate, you get a gepetto check mark. How many gepettos did you give out this year . Maybe four or five. I tell myself i need to give more gepettos. Here is a video you put together about president s. I want to ask you you dont like to talk about the word lying. I want to ask you about the word when we see this video. Cambodia, a small country of 7 million people, has been a neutral nation since the agreement of geneva, signed by the government of north vietnam. American policy since then has been to respect the cambodian peoples neutrality. We did not, repeat, did not trade weap
Now, bear in mind carter was president in the 1970s but this has been going on for a long time. So i would suggest, cynthia to you and others, a government scientist who might be called the father of fracking is al joost of the National Energy technology laboratory. He was responsible for the appalachian basin by changes in government funding. They are several industry folks who might also deserve this title, the father of fracking. These would include keynote the epidemic overdesigned the early massive hydraulic fracturing experiment in colorado in the 1970s. And, of course theres George Mitchell whose company was the first to make fracking afghans shale coal sugar this is done in the 1990s. Then range resources, the first to put a massive hydroelectric fracture on the marcellus that all these people are deserving the academic types include physicists and engineers. While it is not fair to include me on the list of potential candidates for the title you did ask me to explain myself, i
Was thinking of walking the dog as the cell moves through. When the bolt came he was thrown back and his head was near the wall. Reporter bob jordan and his son saw john collapse in the driveway and called 911. It was obvious he was stunned, but he did recognize that he had circulation problems in his legs. He mentioned pins and needles. Reporter john says he spent the night in the hospital and told us he felt fine other than needing an advil and a nap. Its obvious that lightning did strike this tree. Theres pieces of bark. Reporter the damage to the tree was subtle, but the mark it left on the neighborhood is there. Take cover. Take cover. I its not worth the risk. John was fortunate. Were happy for him. Dont risk it. Reporter what should you do if you find yourself caught in the middle of an electrical storm or someone near you is hit by lightning . Well look at safety tips coming up in just a little while. Live in Delaware County doug shimell, nbc 10 news. All right doug thank you v