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Name: Bill Adair

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Drug abuse report released

A report released Friday shows work done by the Alabama Legislature has had a major impact on reducing methamphetamine production in the state.The report, which was released by the Subcommittee of the Alabama Drug Abuse Task Force, showed sales of Pseudoephedrine ... [Published Daily Mountain Eagle - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Methamphetamine, Ephedrine, Drug Abuse

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Undocumented teen charged in fatal crash

A 17-year-old illegal immigrant has been arrested in connection with a fatal crash that happened late last week in Jasper.Manuel Gutierrez was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree assault. Despite being 17, Gutierrez is being charged as an ... [Published Daily Mountain Eagle - May 17 2013]

Entities: Bill Adair, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Custody, Homicide

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

PolitiFact Expands Internationally to Australia

Politicians down under will now face the Truth-O-Meter™, with PolitiFact’s first international fact-checking venture –PolitiFact Australia.“This marks a new milestone for PolitiFact and a big step for the global fact-checking movement,” said PolitiFact ... [Published Editor & Publisher - May 14 2013]

Entities: Australia, Bill Adair, Peter Fray

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Tony Abbott

Truth or dare may come to a fiery end

Politicians vying for election in September will face a new level of scrutiny with the launch on Monday of Australia's first fact-checking website.Modelled on the Pulitzer Prize-winning PolitiFact website in the United States, PolitiFact Australia will ... [Published Melbourne Age - May 12 2013]

Entities: Australia, Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard, Peter Fray, Bill Adair

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Rieder: Fact checking keeps (some?) politicians honest

Rem Rieder(Photo: H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY)Story HighlightsFact-checking movement one of journalism's more encouraging developmentsBut can new guard at Tampa Bay, FactCheck keep up the momentum?And are Pinocchio-based rating systems and the like too ... [Published USA Today - May 08 2013]

Entities: Brooks Jackson, Bill Adair, Neil Brown

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Bennett to Lead Duke's Wallace Center for Media and Democracy

Philip Bennett, the Eugene C. Patterson Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy, has been named director of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy at Duke University. His two-year appointment will begin July 1.Bennett joined ... [Published Duke University - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Phil Bennett, DeWitt Wallace, Center for Media and Democracy, James Jay

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

Candlelight vigil for crime victims set for Tuesday night

Saturday morning, workers put many of the finishing touches on the fountain to honor victims of crimes in Walker County. The finished fountain will be unveiled on Tuesday night. Daily Mountain Eagle - Rachel DavisThe second annual candlelight vigil to ... [Published Daily Mountain Eagle - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Bill Adair, Crime, Günter Bernard, Rachel Davis, Justin Smith

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Charges upgraded in Sunday stabbing

Assault charges were upgraded Wednesday in a weekend stabbing that left one Jasper man in the hospital and another behind bars.Walker County Sheriff Investigator Sgt. Darrell Mote said Paul David Vintson, 53, of 8295 Old Birmingham Highway in Jasper, ... [Published Daily Mountain Eagle - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Birmingham, Assault, Bill Adair, Paul David

First reported Apr 04 2013 - Updated Apr 04 2013 - 1 reports

Founding Washington editor Bill Adair will leave PolitiFact

Bill Adair The prize-winning editor who energized fact-checking with a 6-point scale best known for setting Pants On Fire is leaving Washington politics for education.Bill Adair, who created PolitiFact as Washington editor of the Tampa Bay Times, will ... [Published OPEN: Ohio Politics - cleveland.com - Apr 04 2013]

Entities: Bill Adair, Education

First reported Jan 18 2013 - Updated Jan 19 2013 - 1 reports

Washington Journal for Friday, January 18

On Friday's Washington Journal: Scott Smith (R), Mayor, Mesa, AZ & Stephen Benjamin (D), Mayor, Columbia, SC; Bill Adair, PolitiFact, Editor; Jack Buckley, National Center or Educational Statistics & Tom Loveless, Brookings Institution. ... [Published C-SPAN Recent Events - Jan 18 2013]

Entities: Bill Adair, Scott Smith, Brookings Institution

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Drug abuse report released [Published Daily Mountain Eagle - 4 hours ago]
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PolitiFact Expands Internationally to Australia [Published Editor & Publisher - May 14 2013]
Truth or dare may come to a fiery end [Published Melbourne Age - May 12 2013]
Rieder: Fact checking keeps (some?) politicians... [Published USA Today - May 08 2013]
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Candlelight vigil for crime victims set for Tue... [Published Daily Mountain Eagle - Apr 21 2013]
Charges upgraded in Sunday stabbing [Published Daily Mountain Eagle - Apr 18 2013]
Founding Washington editor Bill Adair will leav... [Published OPEN: Ohio Politics - cleveland.com - Apr 04 2013]
Washington Journal for Friday, January 18 [Published C-SPAN Recent Events - Jan 18 2013]
PolitiFact's 2012 'Lie Of The Year' [Published CNN.com - Video - Dec 12 2012]
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PolitiFact's 2012 'Lie Of The Year' [Published CNN.com - Video - Dec 12 2012]