I know all of the ones in seattle, and there is one there called, but burger king, those are pretty good. You cannot grow up better than that. Sure whatw, i am not to say except thank you very much. This has been a terrific and wide ranging conversation. Thank you very much. I am especially grateful to bank of america, our partner on this, and to all of you for coming out to inaugurate this new series. And you can come to our website at politico the centers for Disease Control will hold a briefing sunday to provide an update into the investigation into the first ebola case diagnosed in the u. S. Expected to begin at noon eastern and well have live coverage here on cspan. On newsmakers, kansas senator jerry moran talks about the 2014 election landscaper running nation including the campaign of pat roberts in kansas. Heres somebody whos been around. Hes viewed as somebody who doesnt spend enough time in the state by many measures, isnt that his biggest problem in the race . I dont think
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
We will go to havana to speak with former cuban diplomat Carlos Alzugaray treto. As a cuban who respect everything that is positive from the u. S. But does not want to return to the situation of subordination we had before 1959, i look forward to a normalization of relations. Amy then to Khalil Muhammad the director of the Schomburg Center for research in black culture on the condemnation of blackness race, crime, and the making of modern urban america. Khalil that does not go away. Are they the collective unwillingness to confront the past . History, ultimately, is an essential tool of empowerment. It is a matter of life and death. Amy and then fast food workers in 230 cities are walking off of the job as part of the white for the fight for 15 campaign. A push for a 15 an hour minimum wage. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved a measure that would give con