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So it all comes down to, who are the fact-checkers? A Facebook employee stated at the press conference that approved fact checkers will be those who have signed on to Poynter’s international fact checking network principles. You can see the list of signatories at the link; the only one that I recognize as more or less conservative is the Weekly Standard. Facebook has already said that it will use Politifact and Snopes, both left-leaning, as fact checkers. At the press conference, it got even worse: In the US, we recently announced a partnership with The Associated Press to use their...

Dissent Can Be Disloyal On December 24, 2004, Geoffrey R. Stone, a University of Chicago law professor rhetorically asked in a Chicago Tribune commentary, “Is Dissent Disloyal?” His first paragraph states “Dissent in wartime can be the highest form of patriotism. If citizens believe that our military or political leaders have blundered or our reasons for fighting are unjust, they must voice these concerns if they are to meet their responsibilities in a self-governing society. Dissent is not disloyal.” He then gives examples of dissent through out U.S. history that he views as patriotic. Unfortunately, at this point in our...

Hundreds of people gathered at both ends of Meridian Hill Park in Northwest Washington for a peace rally sponsored by the D.C Antiwar Network. But there were interlopers: Thirteen members of ProtestWarror, supporting the Bush administration and its policies in Iraq. When the Bush supporters arrived, about 20 black-clad, self-described anarchists emerged from the crowd, shouting profanity and epithets and demanding that they leave the peace rally. When the Bush supporters refused to leave, the anarchists tore the sign out of the Bush supporters' hands and stomped on them. When ProtestWarrior leader Gil Kobrin objected, several male anarchists knocked him...

KIEV -- Presidential election winner Viktor Yushchenko told his supporters Friday to raze their downtown tent camp, but in a sign of emerging cracks in his team, top ally Yulia Tymoshenko criticized him and urged him to respect the camp stalwarts, many of whom were disappointed by the call to leave. "We must respect people who came to protect democracy," Tymoshenko told reporters Saturday. "I'm against any orders, and people should leave when they are ready." The sprawling camp on Kiev's main avenue sprang up within hours after the Nov. 21 presidential runoff vote to house protesters alleging massive fraud....