" with glenn kessler. then a look back at issues addressed by the british parliament in the past few months. >> this week on q&a, our guest is glenn kessler, author of "the fact checker" blog. he talks about his year-end "biggest pinocchios of 2014" where he recognizes the politicians and political groups that made the biggest false claims over the past year. >> glenn kessler, what was 2014 like for "the fact checker"? >> it was midterm election year. that meant i had to look at many campaign ads. with the rise of the super pac's, a lot of the ads were pretty bad. that, to me, was a big shift. you saw a torrent of advertising, as a lot of it disconnected from the campaigns. some of the campaigns, you ended up with more ads done by outside groups than by the candidates themselves. >> we talked three years ago and we went through the philosophy of "the fact checker", which is online, anyone can watch. for those of you who don't know what you do, what is "the fact checker"? >> the washington post launched it

fact checker author glenn kessler on his end of the year biggest pinocchio's of 2014 awards.n c-span2, saturday night at 10, senior editor on the long-standing battle of supreme court activism and judicial restraint. and sunday, book critic jonathan yardley that recently retired after 33 years with the washington post. tv,on american history historians and authors discuss president lincoln's 1864 reelection campaign. and sunday afternoon at 4:00, trial by fire. chronicles the 84th infantry division during the battle of the bulge. find our complete television schedule at c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. us, or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation and follow us on twitter. our q&a program is 10 years old now. to mark this decade of compelling conversation, we are featuring one interview from each year over this holiday season.

. >> tonight q&a with glenn kessler. and, address -- issues from the british parliament. then, the ongoing conflict between russia and the ukraine. >> this week on q&a, our guest is glenn kessler. he talks about his year-and "biggest pinocchios" the people who made the biggest false claims over the past year. >> glenn kessler, what was 2014 like for the fact checker? >> it was midterm election year. that meant i had to look at many campaign ads

. >> coming up next, "q and a" with glenn kessler. then a look back at issues addressed by the british parliament in the past few months. >> this week on q&a, our guest is glenn kessler, author of "the fact checker" blog. he talks about his year-end "biggest pinocchios of 2014" where he recognizes the politicians and political groups that made the biggest false claims over the past year. >> glenn kessler, what was 2014 like for "the fact checker"? >> it was midterm election year. that meant i had to look at many campaign ads. with the rise of the super pac's, a lot of the ads were pret

. >> coming up next on c-span, a conversation with "washington post" fact checker glenn kessler on q&a. at 7:00 eastern "washington journal" is live with your phone calls and the day's news. ♪ >> this week on q&a, our guest is glenn kessler. he talks about his year-end "biggest pinocchios", the people who made the biggest false claims over the past year. >> glenn kessler, what was 2014 like for the fact checker? >> it was midterm election year. that meant i had to look at many campaign ads. with the rise of the super pac's, a lot of the ads were pretty bad. that, to me, was a big shift. you saw a torrent of advertising as a lot of it disconnected from the campaigns. some of the campaigns, you ended up with more ads done by outside groups than by the candidates themselves. >> we talked three years ago and we went through the philosophy of the fact checker which is online, anyone can watch. for those of you who don't know what you do, what is the fact checker? >> the washington post launched it in 2007. it was just for the 2008 campaign year. it was originally done by my colleague, mich

glenn kessler on the biggest pinocchio's. on c-span 2, but tv -- a book tv's afterwards. sunday, jonathan yardley, who retired after 33 years with the washington post. 3, the civil war. find our complete television schedule at c-span.org. e-mail us or send us a tweets. follow us on twitter. quickset next, president obama and his family attend the national lighting ceremony out by the white house. wilsonks and rita introduced the first family. >> here are our hosts. it tom hanks and rita wilson. >> and i want to tell you, good evening! >> all right. that's the way to do it. hey, welcome to president's park, everybody. you can see, we are just across the street from the white house on a wonderful winter night here in washington, d.c. >> this is the 92nd annual national christmas tree lighting, a great holiday tradition here in the nation's capital that dates back to the coolidge administration. >> honey, here's a very fun fact. did you know that calvin coolidge played the harmonica and had two pet raccoons? >> how do you know that? >> his facebook page. [laughter] >> thank

&a, glenn kessler on his biggest pinocchios of 2013 -- 2014 awards. at 10:00 p.m., damon root on judicial restraint. p.m. jonathan:00 yardley. on c-span3, saturday at 6:00 p.m., the civil war. discussing lincoln's reelection campaign. a, by fire, aameric film that records the 84th infantry division during the battle of the bulge. follow us. let as know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us. e-mail us. or send us a tweet. conversation.n like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> on this christmas day, c-span now presents celebrity activist events from 2014. we will start with actors seth rogen, who testified before a senate health committee on alzheimer's research. this is about 20 minutes. >> thank you very much for having me, mr. chairman, ranking member moran, members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to testify and the opportunity to be called an expert at something. because that is cool. i do not know if he know who i am at all. you probably never saw "knocked up," mr. chairman -- >> i want the record to n

sunday, glenn kessler on the pinocchio awards. democrats tend to get more upset at them. i think they have bought into the myth of the liberal media and they think the media's on their side. believe in firmly the myth of the liberal media so that they will not be fair. i kind of hoped that over the last four years, i have done enough back and forth and treated both parties with equal fervor, that people have now come to grudgingly say, ok, you are someone we can do business with. which ise majority pac affiliated with harry reid, they stopped answering my questions midway through the campaign season because they felt they were not getting a fair shake from me. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q and a." "washington journal" continues -- host: we will wrap up today show with your thoughts on sony's decision to now release "the interview." the headline from local the washington post" -- the phone lines are on your screen. orl us if you plan to see it do not plan to see it as well as if you're not sure. we want to get your thoughts on that this morning. this is fr

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at 11:00, another chance to see "q&a" with glenn kessler. >> the british parliament is in recess, so prime minister's questions" without we seem to. -- will not be seen tonight. instead, a look back. topics include efforts to combat isis, of the british economy, m scotland's decision to stay in the u.k. lisa mccarthy hosts program which concludes with a look ahead to the general elections. >> hello there, and welcome to westminster and review. the economic recovery may be underway, but always best to handle the future -- who is best to handle the future? >> a long-term economic plan, on the course for prosperity. we have balance the books in a fair way with a long-term plan to save the nhs. >> also on this program, how to tackle the rise of islamic extremism at home and abroad. a series of inquiries rise to establish a child abusers got away with her crime. and after scotland says no to independence voters there and in the u.k.. -- what is next for voters there and in the u.k. >> it is not fair for scotland to vote on things that are. >> let's start with the economy. the trexler says

sunday on q & a glenn kessler on his biggest pinocchios of 2014 awards. the biggest false claims this past year. >> democrats get more upset because i think they have bought into the myth of the liberal media and he think the media is on their side. whereas republicans they firmly believe in a myth of the liberal media so they kind of expect that they're going to be fair. i hope that over the last four years i've done enough back and forth, traoetsdz both parties with equal fervor that people have now come to tkpwhrupblgingly say, you're someone we can do business business with. sunday night at 8:00 skpaoerpb pacific on c-span's q & a. >> now a look at some of the issues effecting college athletic programs from "washington journal" this is an hour. learned talking today we're taking a look at college athletics programs. joining us for the discussion reporter steve, good morning. college athletics how much of it is the program itself makes up the larger part of the university. what's the role they play? >> well, within the broader budget of the united stat

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at 8:00, a conversation with glenn kessler. >> this week on newsmakers, we are joined from bozeman, montana by governor steve bullock. he was elected chairman of the governor's association earlier this month. in the studio, we have james hohmann of "politico" and niraj chokshi of "the washington post." james is the first question. >> thank you for joining us. you are taking on this job after a pretty bad year for democrats. a lot of republicans who people did not think could get reelected in places like maine did. democrats lost governorships in illinois and states where they should not have, even in a bad year. as you take on this job, looking ahead, what lessons did you take away from 2014 that democrats can really apply in 2015 and 2016? >> you bet. thanks for having me, james. first, i would pushback on that a little bit. we have three great new governors in pennsylvania, rhode island, hawaii. keeping colorado and connecticut, even with the u.s. senators lost, in the face of millions of dollars in negative ads people spent against them -- we certainly did not get everything they wanted

eastern, supreme court justice elena kagan and author glenn kessler on the 2014 awards. on c-span 2, saturday night at 10:00, senior editor damon root on supreme court activism. and sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, jonathan yeardsley who recently retired from "the washington post." and saturday at 6:00 p.m., president lincoln's 1864 re-election campaign. and sunday afternoon at 4:00 on real america, tried by fire, a 1965 film that chronicles the 84th infantry division. find our complete schedule at c-span.org. call us at 202-626-3400 or e-mail us comments@c-span.org. join the c-span conversation. "like" us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> join american history tv tonight on the civil war as historians and authors talk about factors that impacted lincoln's re-election campaign in 1864. they explore lincoln's expansion of presidential war powers, his relationship with both democratic and republican newspapers and the impact of the soldiers' vote. that's tonight on c-span 3's american history tv. >>> president george h.w. bush's secretary of state james baker and nati

. >> glenn kessler is the fact checker for the washington post. you can find him in the newspaper and on the washington post website. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] new year's day on the c-span networks, here are some of our featured programs. >> "washington journal" is next. later today, at 7 pm eastern we continue to mark 10 years of conversations with "q&a." in 45 minutes, a look ahead at the 2016 presidential race with liz chadderdon and phillip stutts. then, a conversation on higher education with goldie blumenstyk. ♪ host: good morning. on today's "washington journal", we will talk about that rising cost of college education and the presidential campaign in 2016. one day after allies announced the formal and to operation endurance in afghanistan. while

eastern on c-span, the supreme court justice alaina cagen at princeton university and then on q&a, glenn kessler on his end of the year biggest pinocchios of 2014 awards. on c-span 2 saturday night at 10:00 on book tv's "afterwards" editor gamen root on supreme court activism and judicial restraint. and sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, book critic johnathan yardly who recently retired after 33 years with the "washington post." and on c-span 3 saturday at 3:00 p.m. eastern, the civil war, historians and authors discuss president lincoln's 1964 re-election campaign. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on "real america" tried by fire, a 1965 film chronicling the 84 infantry division in the battle of the bulge. find our complete schedule at c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching, call 202-626-3400, and email us @comments @c-span.org. or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> next, the reverend robert cirico discusses the free market, conservative values and morality, founder of the institute of freedom and liberty and s

sunday evening at 8:00 on "q&a" fact checker author glenn kessler on his biggest pinocchios of 2014 awardsrwords long-standing battle of judicial activism -- supreme court activism and judicial restraint. and book critic jonathan yardley, who recently retired after 33 years with the "washington post." on the civil 3, war, historians and authors discuss president lincoln's 1864 reelection campaign. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on that america," a film chronicles the 84th infantry division during the battle of the bulge. find our complete schedule at www.c-span.org, and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us, e-mail us at comments@www.c-span.org, or send us a tweet @cspan. use us on facebook, follow on twitter. >> "q&a" is 10 years old, and to mark a decade of compelling conversations we are featuring one interview from each year of the series over the holiday season. here's one now ♪ guestsureek, jus is s.e. cupp. >> s.e. cupp could you tell us how you would describe what you do a

sunday evening on "q&a" glenn kessler on his end of the year biggest pinocchios of 2014 awards.on"on book tv, magazine senior editor damon root on supreme court activism and judicial restraint. jonathan, book critic yardley, who recently retired after 33 years with the "washington post." tv,merican history historians and authors discuss president lincoln's 1864 reelection campaign. sunday afternoon on "real america," the 1965 film that chronicles the 84th infantry division during the battle of the bulge. find a complete schedule at www.c-span.org, and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. col us, e-mail at mments@c-span.org.

sunday evening at 8:00 on the q&a, fact checker author glenn kessler on the end of the year, biggesturday night at 10:00 on book tv afterwards, damon root on the long standing battle on judicial restraint. and sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, book critic jonathan yardly who recently retired from the post. and on saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, historians and authors discuss president lincolns 1864 re-election campaign. and sunday afternoon at 4:00 on real america, tried by fire. a 1965 film that chronicles the infantry during the battle of the bulge. find more at cspan.org and let us know the programs you are watching. call us at 202-626-3400. e-mail us at comment at cspan.org. join the cspan conversation. like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> roger taney served as chief

. >> tonight on q&a, glenn kessler on his biggest pinocchios of 2014 awards, given to politicians and political groups he believes made the biggest false claims this past year. >> democrats tend to get more upset at them because i think they have bought into the myth of the liberal media and a kind of think the media is on their side. republicans firmly believe in a myth of the liberal media. they kind of expect the reporter from the "washington post" -- they are not going to be fair to me. i hope over the last four years i have done enough back and forth. treated both parties with equal fervor that people have come to grudgingly say ok, you're someone we can do business with. the senate majority pac which is affiliated with harry reid they stopped answering my questions midway through the campaign season because they felt they were not getting a fair shake from me. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> monday night on c-span, a funeral service for the late "washington post" editor ben bradley -- bradlee. speakers include bob woodward and carl bernstein, who under

sunday, glenn kessler on the pinocchio awards. democrats tend to get more upset at them. i think they have bought into the myth of the liberal media and they think the media's on their side. believe in firmly the myth of the liberal media so

q&a, washington post fact checker glenn kessler on his biggest pinocchio's of 2014 award. politicians and political groups he believes made the biggest false claims this past year. >> democrats tend to get a little bit more upset, because i media,hey bow to liberal and they think that the media is on their side, whereas republicans, they firmly believe not, so they kind of expect that they are going to be -- the washington post is not going to be fair to me. i hope, thatng, over the past effort your years i have done enough back and -- over the past four have done enough, so people grudgingly say, ok, here is someone we can do business with. majority pack, which is affiliated with harry reid, they stopped answering my questions midway through the season, because they felt they were not getting a fair shake from me. >> sunday night on c-span's q&a. >> up next on c-span, journalists who cover the supreme court on how religion affects the high court decisions. newseum, new zealand -- this is an hour and a half. >> let's see if this is going. it is going. good. good evening, e

sunday evening at 8:00 on q&a fact checker author glenn kessler. on c-span 2, saturday night at 10:00 on book trn v's jards, damon root on the longstanding battle of supreme court activism and judicial restraint. sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern jonathan yardly who recently retired from the "washington post." on american history tv on c-span-3 saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war discuss president lincoln's 1864 reelection campaign. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on real america tried by fire, that chronicles the 84 infantry division during the battle of the bulge. >> up next, supreme court justice samuel alito and former florida governor jeb bush discuss the bill of rights and founding fathers. they talked in philadelphia where a new exhibit features the founding documents including the bill of rights, the constitution and the declaration of independence. this is about an hour. >> i am so glad to welcome you tonight. i am jeffery rosen. i am the president of this wonderful institution, the national constitution center. as those of you who have bee

glenn kessler, thank you so much.wise? >> i don't know. we need you. thank you very much. still ahead a look at the civil rights marches of marches of se they relate to the protests taking place in america. >> you look out the window in new york and people are marching. you look at the film. people are marching across the bridge. i think the difference is people congregated with a sense of leadership from dr. king. because you had a specific intention that you were going after, everybody could work towards that one goal. some of what's missing now is people are like, all right. what is the answer to the question of what do you want? how do you answer that question? and then how do you go about getting that in a way that's not just going to be the protest of the week or tp trend of this particular time, but if you really want change, you really want change, you got to be able to answer the question what you want. dad,thank you mom for said this oftprotecting my future.you. thank you for being my hero and my dad. milita

on q&a, author glenn kessler on his end of the year biggest pinocchios of 2014.n c-span 2, on afterwards, damon root on the long-standing battle of supreme court activism and judicial restraint. sunday at 10:00 p.m., a book whoic jonathan yardley retired after 33 years with "the washington post." saturday on the civil wars, historians and authors discuss president lincoln's 1860 four reelection campaign. and sunday afternoon at 4:00, tried by fire -- a 9065 film the chronicles the 84th infantry division be during the battle of the bulge. finer complete schedule at c-span .org. and let us know about what you think about the programs you are watching or call us -- e-mail us at comm ents@cspan.org. the c-span conversation. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> green elizabeth delivered her annual christmas message in london. the tradition dates to 1932. in this year's message, she pays to be two members of the military and volunteers working to combat ebola. [drum roll] ♪ plays]ave the queen" ♪ >> in the ruins of the old coventry cathedral is a sculpture of

sunday at eight,, fact checker author glenn kessler on his biggest pinocchio's of 2014 awards. book tv afterwards, reason magazine's senior editor on the long-standing battle of supreme court act of is a man judicial restraint. sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, the critic jonathan yardley who recently retired from the washington post. on american history tv, saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, president lincoln's 1864 reelection campaign. sunday on reel america, tried by fire chronicling the 84th infantry during the battle of the bulge. find our complete television schedule on www.c-span.org. let us know about the programs you are watching. call us. e-mail us. or send us a tweet @cspan #comments. join the conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. bush andmarks from jet supreme court justice samuel alito on the bill of rights and the founding fathers. they recently spoke at an event exhibit onew founding documents at the national constitution center in philadelphia. this is one hour. [applause] >> i am so glad to welcome you tonight. justice alito, governo

. >> sunday, washington post fact checker glenn kessler on his -- ast a note you of 2014 ot >> democrats get more upset because i think they have bought into the myth of a liberal media. they think the media is on their side. republicans believe in the myth of the lowball -- liberal media. they expect they are going to be , they're not quite be fair to me. over the last four years i have done enough back-and-forth, treated both parties with equal fervor that people have now come to grudgingly say ok, you are someone we can do business with. i know that the senate majority pack, which is affiliated with harry reid, they stopped insuring -- answering my questions midway through the campaign season. they felt they were not getting a fair shake from me. on q&a.y night >> as the 113 congress draws to a close, we have been talking to retire members of congress. next, dave camp, the chair of the ways and means committee has risen it michigan for two decades. c-span2 reflect on his time in the house of representatives. this is happening hour. -- this is half an hour. >> house ways and means comm

sunday on q and a, glenn kessler on the biggest pinocchio's of 2014. democrats tend to get a little more upset. i think they have bought into the myth of the liberal media. they think the media is on their side. whereas republicans, they kind they are not going to be treated fairly. i think, i hope over the last four years, i have done enough back and forth, both parties with equal fervor. so people will come to grudgingly say, you are someone we can do business with. c,know the senate majority pa affiliated with harry reid, they stopped answering my questions midway through the campaign season. they were not getting a fair shake from me. >> sunday night on q&a. >> queen elizabeth delivered her --ual christmas budget message. and this year's message, she members of the military and volunteers working to combat ebola. ♪ ♪ >> in the ruins of the old coventry cathedral is a sculpture of a man and woman reaching out to embrace each other. the sculpture was inspired by the story of a woman who crossed europe on foot after the war to find her husband. casts

on c-span, ahena -- sunday at 8:00, fact checker auther glenn kessler, on his end of the year biggest pi-nokias 2014 awards. on book tvs after wards, da mon root on supreme court activism and judicial restraint, and on sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, book critic jonathan yardly who retired 33 years after the washington post, and on american history tv on c-span 3 today at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, historians and authors discuss president lincoln's 1864 re-election campaign. and sunday afternoon at 4:00 on real america, tried by fire. a 1965 film that chronicles the 84th infantry division during the battle of the bulge. find the complete television schedule at c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. e-mail us @comments@ c-span.org or tweet us @c-span # comments. join the conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> washington journal continues. host: over the next couple of days, washington journal will talk to the experts on things we learned talking to the big 10 presidents. today, we're looking at college athletics program

q&a, glenn kessler on his biggest note as of 2014 pird -- gnocchi owes -- 2014.os of democrats tend toet more upset at them. they believe the media is on their side. republicans firmly believe in the myth of the liberal media. they are not going to be fair. i kind of think, i hope, over the last four years, i have done tweetedack-and-forth, both parties with equal fervor, that people will grudgingly say, you are somebody we can do business with. panow the senate majority c, associated with harry reid, they stopped answering my questions midway through the campaign season because they felt they were not getting a fair shake from me to read >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific. up next, a conversation with former cbs reporter sheryl cheryl attkins. she joined us on washington journal. cheryl.re back with n november, "stonewalled: my fight for truth against the forces of obstruction, intimidation, and harassment in obama's washington." remind viewers why you left cbs this past year and why you wrote this book. guest: the short version is there's nothing left for me to do. we specia