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Can Fact Checking be Politically “Neutral,” When Facts Are Not Equally Distributed Across the Political Spectrum?

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Think Progress - By Chris Mooney - Dec. 20 (Opinion) - Recently, I sat in on an off-the-record meeting about political fact-checking. I can’t report or quote from the event, but it spurred along some general thoughts that had already arisen in the context of writing The Republican Brain, which focuses a great deal on fact-checking—and thus, helped propel this post. Fact checking is a phenomenon that has really taken off over the last half decade or so as, more and more, media outlets as well as independent and/or partisan voices are busily pronouncing on the “truth” of political statements. The reason? Well, there are many, but I would place the growing divide over reality and what is factually true, between the left and the right, as perhaps the leading one.

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Special Investigation: Who’s Behind the “Information Attacks” on Climate Scientists?

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - By Climate Guest Blogger - Nov. 01 (Opinion) - by Sue Sturgis, in an Institute for Southern Studies repost This week, in a courtroom in Prince William County, Virginia, a hearing will take place that could have implications for the privacy rights of scientists at colleges and universities across the country. It’s part of a lawsuit brought by the American Tradition Institute, a free-market [...]

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Cain’s Spokesman/Foreign Policy Adviser Works With Nonprofit Exposed Recently As A Front For Military Contractors

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

nationofchange.org - By Lee Fang - Oct. 18 (Investigative Report) - “A scandal surrounding Atlantic Bridge, a conservative “think tank” exposed earlier this month by U.K. regulators as a front group for Tory party interests and corporate lobbyists, has jolted Prime Minister David Cameron’s government. Over the weekend, allegations stemming from the Atlantic Bridge pay-to-play scheme resulted in the resignation of Liam Fox, Cameron’s Defense secretary. But the controversy may also hit a high profile American politician: GOP presidential contender Herman Cain. Atlantic Bridge is a right-wing nonprofit that is officially partnered with the Washington, DC-based American Legislative Exchange Council, a corporate lobbying front that funnels business lobbyist tailored legislation to state representatives and state senators across is the country.”

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Myles Allen and Guardian Must Retract Phony Quote on Al Gore’s Views of Link Between Climate Change and Weather

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - Oct. 12 (Opinion) - Top climatologist Calls Key Allen Critique “clearly wrong.” Myles Allen, with the complicity of the UK’s Guardian, has put words into Al Gore’s mouth in order to attack the Nobel-Prize winning former Vice President. What makes this attack a particularly egregious breach of journalism is that Allen and the Guardian could have avoided it had [...]

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Humans Are Altering Fall Foliage, Studies Find

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - By Climate Guest Blogger - Oct. 11 (Opinion) - by Cole Mellino Fall foliage may be changing later due to climate change. As certain regions experience warmer average temperatures, the growth season has been extended, causing leaves to change colors and drop later than in the past. Studies from Europe and Japan show that trees are starting to change colors and drop later, so [...]

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Calling Wall Street A ‘Gambling Casino,’ Democratic Rep. DeFazio Proposes Financial Transactions Tax

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - Oct. 06 (Opinion) - Echoing the demands of the Occupy Wall Street protesters, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) is proposing to tax the trading of stocks, bonds, and derivatives. DeFazio, along with his Senate co-sponsor Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), has proposed the tax several times in the past. But this time around, the idea is getting a boost of momentum [...]

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Public Opinion Stunner: More Americans Understand World is Warming — Thanks to Rick Perry, Reports Reuters

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - Sep. 16 (Opinion) - Did Rick Perry’s lies on global warming inadvertently trigger a backlash among voters? Reuters and Stanford’s public opinion expert Jon Krosnick think so: More Americans than last year believe the world is warming and the change is likely influenced by the Republican presidential debates, a Reuters/Ipsos poll said on Thursday. The percentage of Americans who [...]

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Funder For Travel To Glenn Beck’s Jerusalem Rally Tied To Anti-Semitic Group

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - By Eli Clifton - Aug. 20 (Investigative Report) - The travel will be paid for by WallBuilders, an organization founded by David Barton, a pseudo-historian and frequent Glenn Beck guest. Barton has a history of anti-gay and anti-Muslim rhetoric, has spoken at events sponsored by anti-Semitic organizations, and promotes a revisionist history of the U.S. claiming that the “Church-state separation is a liberal myth.” Beck’s partnership with WallBuilders is listed on the rally’s front page by clicking the “Donate” button which takes visitors to WallBuilders website. The site accepts contributions to the “Restoring Courage — Israel” fund:

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Former Goldman VP Confirms Name Change, Does Not Dispute Promoting Goldman’s Interests As Issa Staffer

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - By Lee Fang - Aug. 18 (Investigative Report) - This morning, ThinkProgess published a story about a top staffer to Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) who helped the congressman draft a letter to bank regulators, asking them to back off new rules for banks like Goldman Sachs. As we reported, the staffer is a former Goldman Sachs vice president with a history of [...]

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It’s Obscenely Hot: June 2011 Heat Records Crush Cold Records by Nearly 11 to 1

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - By Joe Romm - Jul. 07 (Opinion) - Steve Scolnik at Capital Climate analyzed the data from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center and found U.S. heat records in June outnumbered cold records by 2706 to 251 — nearly 11 to 1: Monthly total number of daily high temperature and low temperature records set in the U.S. for June 2010 through June 2011, data [...]

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Barack Obama’s Dangerous Embrace Of Economic Fatalism

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - By Matthew Yglesias - Jul. 06 (Opinion) - Even as the Obama administration continues to defend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act from its critics, the White House appears to have sincerely pivoted away from the idea that a higher level of aggregate demand would reduce unemployment and instead embraced the notion that there’s basically nothing that can be done in the short-term. [...]

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Who’s your expert? How peer-reviewed research differs from rhetoric by climate science deniers

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - Jul. 03 (Opinion) - A jury of one’s peers should assess scientific claims. Here are two, related pieces from The Conversation, “Who’s your expert? The difference between peer review and rhetoric” and “Climate change denial and the abuse of peer review.” First, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Director of the Global Change Institute, submits some climate “sceptics” to peer-review and finds them [...]

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Obama Addresses New York Marriage Equality Bill At LGBT Fundraiser: Issue Best Left To States

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - By Igor Volsky - Jun. 24 (News) - President Obama spoke at an LGBT fundraiser this evening in New York City, just as the New York Senate prepares to take up marriage equality legislation. Obama addressed the measure directly, reiterating his position that marriage is best left to the states.

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Victims Testify: North Carolina Forcibly Sterilized Thousands Of Poor, Uneducated, And Mentally Unstable People

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - Jun. 24 (Opinion) - Forced sterilization is a human rights abuse we typically associate with another time and another place. But yesterday a North Carolina task force heard heart-wrenching testimony from some of the victims of the state’s 40-year-long forced sterilization program that targeted poor, undereducated, and mentally unstable residents. North Carolina is considering compensating some of the nearly [...]

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“Crappy Headline” Ruins New York Times Story on Link Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - By Joe Romm - Jun. 18 (Opinion) - .. I’m about to start writing a post criticizing the New York Times for the dreadful headline it ran on John Broder’s Thursday piece, “Scientists See More Deadly Weather, but Dispute the Cause,” when who should call me on the phone? Broder was calling for some comments on climate politics, as he does [...]

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Top 6 Health Care Myths From Yesterday’s Republican Presidential Debate…In One Minute

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - By Igor Volsky - Jun. 14 (News Analysis) - CLAIM 1 FROM BACHMANN: The Congressional Budget Office said the Affordable Care Act will kill 800,000 jobs. FACT: The CBO actually found that some people would leave the workforce or work less because they can find affordable health coverage elsewhere. This is a reduction in the supply of labor, not a reduction in the supply of jobs.

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Perry: Texans Don’t Like Me Because ‘A Prophet Is…Not Loved In Their Hometown’

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - By Marie Diamond - Jun. 14 (News) - As the state’s longest serving governor in history, Perry has faced persistently low approval ratings as he’s pushed through a radical right-wing agenda that has left Texas with a record budget deficit, the third highest poverty rate in the country, and the highest percentage of uninsured residents in the country. As Think Progress has documented, Perry has a history of ducking tough questions by invoking religion, and has suggested in the past that he’s just implementing God’s will on Earth through his irresponsible governance.

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Rand Paul, ... , Calls For Jailing People Who Attend ‘Radical Political Speeches’

Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - By Alex Seitz-Wald - May. 31 (Opinion) - Libertarian-leaning Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) made headlines last week for single-handedly obstructing the renewal of the Patriot Act, calling the law an unconstitutional infringement on civil liberties. His demand to insert a series of amendments to weaken the law nearly allowed it to lapse and put the country at “risk,” but Paul said it was worth it to prevent the government from continuing to “blatantly ignor[e] the Constitution.” But when Paul went on Fox News host Sean Hannity’s radio show Friday to discuss his opposition to the national security law, he suggested implementing a far more serious infringement on civil liberties.

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Kansas Lawmaker Says Women Should Plan Ahead For Rape: ‘I Have A Spare Tire’

Wed, 25 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - By Tanya Somanader - May. 25 (News Report) - DeGraaf’s belief that women should plan and prepare for their own rape is more than groan-worthy, it’s woefully out-of-touch. As Jezebel’s Margaret Hartmann notes, DeGraaf is basically telling sexual assault victims that “the state isn’t AAA” so a Kansas woman is responsible for the consequences of her attacker. And by comparing it to life insurance, DeGraaf goes further to insinuate that rape is as inevitable as death. Unfortunately, this Boy Scout dismissal of rape and incest victims is as galling as it is common among the GOP.

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Senate Republicans Introduce Bill to Abolish the EPA

Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - By Brad Johnson - May. 06 (News Report) - Senate Republicans have introduced legislation to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency, established 40 years ago by President Richard Nixon to give Americans clean air and water. The bill, introduced by Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), would merge the EPA, which enforces environmental laws, with the Department of Energy, which manages nuclear energy and energy research, into one department.

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Main Street Rage: Americans Protest Awful GOP Budget Plan at Town Halls Around the Country

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - Apr. 27 (News Report) - At town hall events across the country, Americans are confronting members of Congress who voted for the House Republicans' radical budget, which effectively ends Medicare, slashes Medicaid, hacks away at domestic spending, and extends tax breaks for the wealthy. The entire House GOP caucus except for four lawmakers voted for Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget earlier this month, claiming a mandate from the November elections to drastically reduce domestic spending. But Republicans went beyond any semblance of responsible budget tightening to a radical deconstruction of core pillars of the health, safety, and security of the country. Recent polls show Americans are firmly opposed to Ryan's budget proposal,

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The Right Bailing The Left Out On Spending

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - By Matthew Yglesias - Apr. 20 (Opinion) - You have a government set to steadily increase spending on autopilot as a result of demographic change and rising health care costs. And you have a Democratic President urging congress to enact spending cuts. But you have conservative politicians refusing to make a serious effort to reach an agreement out of some blend of taxophobia and fear of giving the President a win. The result, again, whether the right realizes it or not, is a gift to the wing of the Democratic Party that disagrees with Obama about the desirability of enacting spending cuts.

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U.S. Military Spending Has Almost Doubled Since 2001

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - By Judd Legum - Apr. 11 (Research) - A new report released today by SIPRI, a Swedish-based think tank, reveals that U.S. military spending has almost doubled since 2001. The U.S. spent an astounding $698 billion on the military last year, an 81% increase over the last decade.

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The Incapacitated State

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - By Matthew Yglesias - Mar. 16 (Opinion) - However unimpressed you may be by the wisdom of the United States Congress, it’s very difficult for me to think up complicated issues where pushing the issue down to under-resourced state legislators is likely to radically improve policymaking.

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