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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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