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
Cyber security and heightened security. Our phone lines are open. We are happy to your thoughts on this topic. The numbers are on the screen. You can also catch up with us on social media. A very good thursday morning to you. We begin today with a headline about a 40 planned assault on the United States capitol, this from the Washington Times this morning. An ohio man planted slotted into a tactic capital, saying he wanted to work with islamic state. The fbi and Homeland Security issued a memo notifying lot basement Law Enforcement agencies across the nation about the memo. That story coming during the week british Prime Minister David Cameron is expected at the white house, and in which he is suggesting banning some online messaging apps. Snack chat and whatsapp are in the crosshairs in britain, according snapped chat and whatsapp are in the crosshairs in britain, according to the article. British Prime Minister David Cameron spoke about this yesterday when he was questioned during Pr
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
That he didnt have the authority to act. Notwithstanding that, he went forward. We intend to challenge that. The house has done that with an appropriations bill and the rider attached to it. The outlook in the senate is going to depend on what we can get 60 votes for. This is the start of a process and that discussion continues and well, as we have now until i think every seventh when that legislation or funding expires. February to when she seventh 27th when that legislation or funding expires. I dont want to say what leader mcconnell will ultimately decide to do, but that is a discussion were having as a congress. We want to give people a chance to vote to express their opposition to the president s action, but we understand that at the end of the day in the senate it is going to take 50 60 votes. A general man was arrested yesterday gentleman was arrested yesterday who had hoped to use a pipe bomb against members of congress. He expresses sympathy with isis. How and when did you lea