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ABC’s Jake Tapper tries to lure Sarah Palin into Sunday-show rotation via Twitter

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Stopping by the Sunday-morning chat shows once seemed like a prerequisite for any politician seeking national office. But Sarah Palin broke that tradition during the 2008 campaign by skipping all the Sunday shows — a marked contrast to her running mate John McCain, who’s long been a permanent fixture on the political chat circuit. Palin has certainly kept her name out there since 2008, however, with high-profile speaking gigs, regularly posting endorsements and policy positions on Facebook and Twitter, and writing a best-selling book.…

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ABC’s Jake Tapper tries to lure Sarah Palin into Sunday-show rotation via Twitter

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Stopping by the Sunday-morning chat shows once seemed like a prerequisite for any politician seeking national office. But Sarah Palin broke that tradition during the 2008 campaign by skipping all the Sunday shows — a marked contrast to her running mate John McCain, who’s long been a permanent fixture on the political chat circuit. Palin has certainly kept her name out there since 2008, however, with high-profile speaking gigs, regularly posting endorsements and policy positions on Facebook and Twitter, and writing a best-selling book.…

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Students launch ‘Meet the Facts’ urging fact-check of NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’

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We’ve noted that ABC’s This Week is working with PolitiFact.com on a trial basis to provide a weekly fact-check of the network’s Sunday show and that rival David Gregory, host of NBC’s Meet the Press has said of fact-checking his program, “people can fact-check Meet the Press every Sunday on their own terms.” Not content with letting Gregory off the hook, a pair of college students has launched MeetTheFacts.com in an effort to put pressure on the NBC Sunday show to do the right thing.…

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Students launch ‘Meet the Facts’ urging fact-check of NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’

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We’ve noted that ABC’s This Week is working with PolitiFact.com on a trial basis to provide a weekly fact-check of the network’s Sunday show and that rival David Gregory, host of NBC’s Meet the Press has said of fact-checking his program, “people can fact-check Meet the Press every Sunday on their own terms.” Not content with letting Gregory off the hook, a pair of college students has launched MeetTheFacts.com in an effort to put pressure on the NBC Sunday show to do the right thing.…

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PolitiFact goes big time with appearance on Colbert Report

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From Eric Deggans: He hardly got a word in around host Stephen Colbert‘s artful ribbing about a Sunday politics show daring to check its guests’ facts. But PolitiFact editor Bill Adair still lodged an amazing milestone, joining ABC This Week interim host Jake Tapper on the Colbert Report Wednesday to take a few good-natured shots on the partnership that has seen the St. Petersburg Times‘ factchecking Web site take on the Sunday TV political establishment. “I don’t care about facts; I…

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