Facebook's Reliance on Liberal Fact-Checkers Means Your News Is About to Be Censored

Dec. 16, 2016
Good morning from Washington, where politicos are pretty swept up in the hullabaloo over "fake news." Now comes Facebook with a liberal cure that Katrina Trinko finds worse than the disease. Why do pro-life activists and advocates of term limits both look forward to Donald Trump's swearing-in? In separate reports, Fred Lucas counts the ways. Plus: Steve Everley on fracking and clean water, Melanie Israel on Obama's latest favor to Planned Parenthood, and Genevieve Wood on the shamelessness of Harry Reid.
Commentary Facebook's Reliance on Liberal Fact-Checkers Means Your News Is About to Be Censored The organizations who will be fact-checking news accused of being "fake" lean liberal, not conservative. Read More
Commentary The Myth of Widespread Water Pollution From Fracking The Sierra Club still claims on its website that "fracking has contaminated the drinking water of hundreds of thousands of Americans." Read More
Commentary Fearmongering Harry Reid Is Spewing Lies About Obamacare "You get rid of Obamacare, people are going to die," said outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. Read More
Commentary Obama's Last Gift to Planned Parenthood A new rule from the Department of Health and Human Services was proposed in response to several states' attempt to defund Planned Parenthood after the nation's largest abortion provider was featured in a series of undercover videos released by the Center for Medical Progress last year. Read More
News Trump's Arrival Means Obama Won't Have 'Last Word' on Abortion, Pro-Life Leaders Say Donald Trump said he would appoint pro-life judges, push to make the Hyde Amendment permanent, and promote a ban on abortions after 20 weeks. Read More
News Trump Vows to Back Term Limits. So Do These 48 Lawmakers. These lawmakers have agreed to vote for a constitutional amendment to limit senators to two six-year terms and limit House members to three two-year terms. Read More
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