Responding to Rachel Maddow

PolitiFact by Bill Adair, Greg Borowski | Feb. 25, 2011 (Editorial)

On her Feb. 24, 2011 show, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow criticized PolitiFact Wisconsin and how we handled a request for a correction about a Truth-O-Meter item from a statement on her Feb. 17, 2011 show.

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Posted by: Posted by Jon Mitchell - Feb 25, 2011 - 11:30 AM PST
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Edited by: Jon Mitchell - Feb 25, 2011 - 11:31 AM PST

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    The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC by Rachel Maddow | Feb. 25, 2011 (Comment)
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