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Published: 07/12/10

Arianna Huffington vs. PolitiFact . . . and Liz Cheney Escapes

By  David Corn - Politics Daily
Arianna Huffington vs. PolitiFact . . . and Liz Cheney Escapes

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? That's a Latin phrase from the Roman poet Juvenal, which roughly means "Who watches the watchmen?" But what's Latin for "Who fact-checks the fact-checkers?" Recently, there was a tussle between blogger/media titan Arianna Huffington and PolitiFact.com that raises this question. PolitiFact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning project of the St. Petersburg Times, vets statements from elected officials and others and rates them on its Truth-O-Meter. Appearing on ABC's "This Week" on June 6, Huffington noted that Halliburton, which has had a role in the BP oil spill, ...

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