it has a little pinocchio game where you can test whether or not you agree with the pinocchio rating i came up with. he did it when he was 16 years old. >> how do you get to it? if you want to play with the app. >> it is designed for iphone and ipad. he likes apple a lot. he has not made an android version. >> does he sell it? >> no, it is free. go to the apple store. >> kids or adults use it? >> it is adults. i have not seen data broken down by age, but it is for adults. i am proud of my son, it is actually quite good. >> did he talk to you before he did it, or did he just do it? >> i think he just kind of did it, then showed it to me with a presentation at home. it was definitely unusual. at the beginning, the post was not sure what it thought about having an app for a reporter. they asked that it be taken out of the apple store. >> where is it now? >> it is still there. my son wrote to jeff bezos after he bought the post and got him to agree to allow the app to continue. >> your son sounds like -- i don't know the word to use aggressive? how would you explain. >> he is sure of him

the worst you can get is four pinocchios. three is mostly false, one is, there is some problem with the statistic, it may be out of context. if you are completely factually accurate, you get a gepetto check mark. >> how many gepettos did you give out this year? >> maybe four or five. i tell myself i need to give more gepettos. >> here is a video you put together about presidents. i want to ask you -- you don't like to talk about the word lying. i want to ask you about the word when we see this video. >> cambodia, a small country of 7 million people, has been a neutral nation since the agreement of geneva, signed by the government of north vietnam. american policy since then has been to respect the cambodian people's neutrality. we did not, repeat, did not trade weapons or anything else for hostages. >> a few months ago, i told the american people i did not trade arms for hostages. my heart and my best intentions still tell me that is true. the facts and the evidence tell me it is not. >> i want you to listen to me. i did not

that was pretty bad. >> double downing on the pinocchio is never a good idea.ms mary landrieu voted to take away your gun rights. what happened with that? >> well, that was a very provocative ad which showed a woman putting her baby to bed texting her spouse and intruder breaks in. suggestion from the ad was that she was killed because she wasn't able to purchase a gun. but the nra's own lawyers confirmed to me that, you know, despite the vote that mary landrieu cast that woman in that ad would have been able to buy a gun to protect herself. >> that's why that was so bad. >> pinocchio again. we got another one. two appear anses here president obama the g.o.p. filibustered 500 pieces of legislation. >> well, there are were lots of problem with his math there first of all he wasn't really counting filibusters. he was counting cloture votes which can be very technical as to whether or not that is a filibuster or not. most of those cloture votes had to do with judicial appointments, not legislation. and then he was counting all the way back to 2007 when he himself

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change, issues.ism and other sunday on q&a," "the washington fact checker columnist on biggest pinocchios of 2014 politicians and groups that made the biggest false claims this year. upset atats get more them because i think they bought into the myth of the liberal media and they think the media on their side whereas firmly believe in the myth of the liberal media so be -- oh,t they'll post"the washington column, it won't be fair to me. i hope that over the last four done enough back and forth, treated both parties with that people can someone wesay you're can do business with. i know that the senate majority pac which is affiliated with they stopped answering my questions midway through the campaign season they felt they were not getting a fair shake from me. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern "q&a."cific on c-span's ♪ >> thank you, everybody. everybody., thank you so much. everybody have a seat. house. to the white this is one of my favorite events. once a year we set aside this to celebrate people who and made america stronger more and more humane and beautiful with our highest the presid

&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

of the year biggest pinocchios of the year awards. and book tv on afterwards. damon root on supreme court activism and judicial restraint. and sunday, jonathan yeardley who recently retired after 33 years with the washington post. and on c-span 3, saturday at 6:00 eastern, on the civil war, historians discuss president lincoln's 1864 reelection campaign. and sunday at 4:00, tried by fire, a 1965 film that chronicles the 84th infantry division during the battle of the bulge. find our full schedule at c-span.org. call us, e-mail us at comments at c-span.org or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. throughout 2014, we've the had cities throughout the country. here's a look at one of those cities. ♪ >>> eldridge johnson was a delaware boy. he was born in wilmington, but soon at the age of 3 he moved to dover, and his family decided in the mid 20th century, in the 1960s that it would be nice to have a memorial to him. so that is why this museum was created in 1965. it opened to the public in 1967 to tell his story

. >>> "the washington post" just released its annual roundup of biggest pinocchios of 2014, and this year's were listed in no particular order. take a listen. >> long way from when you described them as a jv team. was it bad intelligence or your misjudgment? >> keep in mind, i wasn't specifically referring to isil. what i said was not every regional terrorist organization is automatically a threat to us that would call for a major offensive. >> that of course wasn't true and the post fact checker had an unreleased interview with the president that showed the new yorker reported followed up on obama's initial remarks saying the jv team he just referred to had just taken over syria. there's been lots of them on both sides of the aisle this year, we followed the news closely here. last year's biggest lie was if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor. what is yours? >> i'm not sure if they fact chekted it or not. when hillary clinton say when i left the house, we were broke. >> dead break. >> whether or not they were positive or negative, within the first year they made $11 millio

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

sunday evening at 8:00 on c-span's q&a, glen kessler on his end of the year biggest pinocchios awards. saturday night at 10:00, damon root. and sunday at 10:00 p.m., jonathan yeardley who recently required after 33 years with "the washington post." saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, historians and authors discuss president lincoln's 1864 re-election campaign. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on reel america, tried by fire. a 1965 film that chronicles the 84th infantry division during the battle of the bulge. call us at

evening at 8:00 on c-span's q&a, fact checker author, glen kessler, on his end of the year biggest pinocchios awards. root ont the long-standing battle of supreme court activism and judicial restraint. and sunday at 10:00 p.m., jonathan yeardley who recently required after 33 years with "the washington post." saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, historians and authors discuss president lincoln's 1864 re-election campaign. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on reel america, "tried by fire," a 1965 film that chronicles the 84th infantry division during the battle of the bulge. call us at 202-626-3400, e-mail us at comments @c-span.org. >>> 200 years ago on december 24, 1814 the treaty of again the was signed by negotiates from great britain and the united states in the neutral city of again the, belgium, eventually bringing the war of 1812 to an end. next on american

i heard the chairman's comment about pinocchio and "the washington post," but i would like to ask for unanimous consent to put into the record, first the decision memo that announced the family fairness policy, dated february 8, 1990 where the department estimates that the family fairness policy provides voluntary departure and employment authorization to potentially millions of individuals and the other document, also dated february 8, 1990, which indicates that the intention or expectation is that greater than 1 million ineligible family members will file for the benefit. >> without objection, those documents will be made part of the record. >> now when then mission never mcnairry -- said it's vital that we enforce the law against illegal entry. the split families encourages violations of the law as they reunite. a strong enforcement strategy can also be a humane enforce independent strategy. it's no different than today. if there's one key difference between the family farngs program and the deferred action program announced by the president last month is that president reagan and

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

with the great heroes and her -- heroines, and the next day we would go to italy by knocke owe -- pinocchio, the next day we come to america with the wizard of oz. actually, that was the first book that i learned from my tutors, my english tutors. and the other thing about america that i learned, that imaginary map of the world i realized that i could stay in this small room of mine in the middle of tehran, and the world would come to me. and the world would come to me through these books. and then about america, he would also take me to movies every weekend, the end of the week. and we would see egyptian movies, turkish movies, french movies, american movies, and with the american movies the thing i remembered were the musicals. because people are politely sitting and eating, and in the middle of eating they all of a sudden get up and sing. [laughter] you know, sing and dance and go up the poles and do weird things and then come back and sit and eat. [laughter] and soon enough americans and persians and others were doing the same thing. so anyway, it was that world, that america that i tur

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sunday evening at 8:00 on q & a, fact checker author glen 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 after words, reason magazine senior editor damon root on the battle of supreme court activism and judicial restraint. sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern book critic jonathan yeardley retired after 33 years with the washington post. on american history tv on c-span3 saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, historians and authors discuss president lincoln's 1864 re-election campaign. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on reel america, tried by fire. a film that chronicles the infantry burg the battle of the bulge. find our schedule at c-span.org. let us know what you think about the programs you are watching at 202-626-3400. e-mail at comments@c-span.org or oh send a tweet @cspan, # comments. join the conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> up next, u.s. supreme court justice stephen breyer is interviewed by carlisle group cofounder david r areubin stein about the magna carta on its 800th anniversary and the inf

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sunday night at 8:00, his end of the year biggest pinocchios of 2014 awards. the senior editor on the long-standing battle of supreme court activism and judicial restraint. the book critic who recently retired after 33 years with the "washington post." saturday, historians and authors discuss president lincoln's 1864 reelection campaign. sunday afternoon, a 19 city five film the chronicles the 84th afantry division ring the -- 1965 film that chronicles the 84th infantry division during the battle of the bulge. lettuce know what you think of the programs you are watching. call us, e-mail us, or send us a tweet. join the conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> next, president obama awards the presidential medal of freedom to 18 individuals, including tom brokaw, congressman john dingell, ethel kennedy, stevie wonder, and meryl streep. this is the u.s.' highest civilian honor. it is 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you, everybody. have a seat, everybody. thank you so much. everybody have a seat. welcome to the white house. this is one of my fav

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

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on q&a, author glenn kessler on his end of the year biggest pinocchio's of 2014 awards. night at two saturday 10:00 on book tvs afterwards, editor damon root on the long-standing battle of supreme court activism and judicial restraint. and jonathan yardley, who recently retired after 30 three years with the washington post. on american history tv on c-span three, historians and authors discuss lincoln's 1860 four reelection campaign. sunday of 4:00 unreal america, tried by fire, a film that chronicles the 84th interfere he -- 84th infantry division during the battle of the bulge. about know what you think the programs you're watching. send us a-mail us, or tweet. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. next, the reverend discusses free market values. he spoke recently at the steamboat institute. it's about an hour. >> thank you very much. what a great event this is and what wonderful, warm people are here. i can barely catch my breath. way up here in colorado. lord acton is the name we chose for the icon of the actin institute which attem

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

on "q&a", "washington fact checker columnist -- on his biggest pinocchio's of 2014 awards. >> democratsnd to get a little more upset at them. because i think they have bowed of the liberal media, and they think that the media is on their side. republicans very firmly kind of -- so they to ect that they are going be, you know, they are not going to be fair to me. kind of think -

sunday evening on c-span's q&a, glenn kessler on his end of the year, biggest pinocchios. and saturday night at 10:00 on book tv afterwards, damon root on the long-standing battle of supreme court activism. and book critic jonathan yardly who retired after 33 years with the washington post. and on american history tv on cspan3 on saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, hi historians discuss lincolns 1864 re-election campaign. and sunday at 4:00. reel america. during the battle of the bulge. go to c-span.com and let us know about the programs. call us at 202-626-3400 or go to comments at c-span. like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> each week reel america brings the story of the 20th century. >> planned for months with brilliant coming, favored by our lack of readiness with a sky and sea all of their own, at #:55 a.m., hell broke loose. man-made hell. made in

i heard the chairman's comment about pinocchio and "the washington post," but i would like to ask for unanimous consent to put into the record, first the decision memo that announced the family fairness policy, dated february 8, 1990 where the department estimates that the family fairness policy provides voluntary departure and employment authorization to potentially millions of individuals and the other document, also dated february 8, 1990, which indicates that the intention or expectation is that greater than 1 million ineligible family members will file for the benefit. >> without objection, those documents will be made part of the record. >> now when then mission never mcnairry -- said it's vital that we enforce the law against illegal entry. the split families encourages violations of the law as they reunite. a strong enforcement strategy can also be a humane enforce independent strategy. it's no different than today. if there's one key difference between the family farngs program and the deferred action program announced by the president last month is that president reagan and

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

we who tell the audience "the washington post" has this pinocchio thing, it's almost like the truth serumt from them. i got to be honest. it's the same concept that people say or do stuff, and we say what is true and what isn't. so what is the number one lie of the year? >> well, you know, a lot of fact checkers talked about this one throughout the year. it will be a memorable one. a lot of people who paid attention to the news this year will remember president obama's jv squad comment when he was talking about isis and what was happening in fallujah. he said he wasn't specifically referring to isis, but later on "the washington post" got the transcript of the new yorker interview in which he made his original comment. it is clear he was talking about the situation there. >> did the president himself mislead on this issue? did he mislead? >> well, he essentially tried to walk it all back and make it seem that wasn't exactly what the situation was about. it was broader. but in fact when you look at the context, it's clear that the conversation is about what is happening there. >> so that's

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

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.

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 spoke at the steamboat institute recently.

q&a, washington ont fact checker columnist the biggest pinocchios of 2014 awards. >> democrats tend to get a little more upset because i think they have bought into the myth of the liberal media and they think the media is on their side. believe inublicans the myth of the liberal media, that "thend of expect washington post" will not 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 ,ow come to begrudgingly 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 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 and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >> health and human services secretary silvio are well set over 6 million that silvio silvio burwell says over 6 million americans have the affordable health care act. >> good morning. when it comes to the affordable care act, most of you all know i focus on three things -- affordab

. >> now, even after that comment got four pinocchios from "the washington post," the man has refused to back away from the comment. and he's continued to attack the president, even attack me which is nothing new. he and i fought when he was mayor. he would not meet with black elected officials and others. he would not -- he's attacking the president and the mayor for meeting with people like me where you say activists should meet. but the progress let me be real clear, the republican that succeeded him, mayor michael bloomberg met with me many times. even though we disagreed i marched on him about stop and frisk. he never stopped meeting, never stopped talking, which set a different tone. and claxton, a let of us disagreed with him. but bloomberg was at our headquarters. you set it where we can talk. i think the people that are too insecure to talk to people that disagree with them are the people that we don't need to move forward. and i think we are and can move forward. >> we can disagree on one point and agree on another. like mayor bloomberg and officer claxton, correct me if i'm

. >> sunday, "washington post's" fact checker columnist on his biggest pinocchio's of 2014 award, giving the politicians and political parties he believes made the biggest false claims. >> democrats tend to get a little more upset at them. they kind of think that the media is on their side, where is republicans firmly believe in the myth of the liberal media, so they kind of expect that "the washington post" -- they are not going to be fair. i kind of thing -- i hope that over the last four years i have done enough back and forth treated both parties with equal fervor that people will come to grudgingly say, "you are someone we can do business with." the senate majority pac >> the senate majority pack, they stopped answering my questions, because they felt they were not getting a fair shake from me. >> sunday night on c-span's q&a. >> sunday afternoon on reel america, we feature "tried by fire," a 1965 episode of the u.s. army's "the big picture," narrated by paul newman. december marks the 70th anniversary of the world war ii battle of the bulge. the film chronicles the story of the 84t

on you and day, glenn biggest pinocchio's of 2014, given to politicians and political groups he feels make the used false claims. >> democrats tend to get a little more upset at them. the bought into the myth of liberal media and think the media is on their side. believe inublicans the myth of the liberal media, so they kind of expect that they -- theng to be washington post is not going to be fair to me. that over thek last four years, i have done , treatedck and forth both parties with equal fervor that people have come to begrudgingly say you are someone we can do business with. pac,w the senate majority theyiated with harry reid, 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 and pacific. week, we are showing you programs from 10 years of our queue and a series. fromg up, and interview 2007. >> this week on q and a, our guest is robert novak. author of "prince of darkness."

sunday evening at 8:00 on the q&a, fact checker author glenn kessler on the end of the year, biggest pinocchios 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

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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

he talks about his year-end "biggest pinocchios", the people who made the biggest false claims over theast 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, michael dobbs, who writes history books now. in 2011, the washington post asked me to revive the fact checker and make it a permanent feature. generally, i write -- and i have a colleague who works on it with me -- i write one or two fact checks per

q&a,y evening at 8:00 on fact-checker author kessler on his end of the year biggest pinocchios of 2014wards. an c-span 2, on book t.v.'s afterwards, the long standing of supreme court act activism and judicial restraint. on american history t.v. on c-span 3, saturday at 6 p.m. eastern on the civil war, historians and authors discuss lincoln's 1864 reelection campaign. america, "tried by fire" a final that chronicles 84th infantry division the bulge.battle of 202-626-3400. e-mail us at comments@cspan.org. tweet at #comments. conversation.n "like" us on facebook. follow us on twitter. hereer the next four hours on c-span, this year's american summit.e energy first we'll hear from lester brown, author of more than 50 books, including "the great transition: shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy." on climateersation change and hurricanes. after that, american rivers president bob irvin, who says there's a fresh water crisis in the u.s. and around the world. later, a look at the

we will be right back. ♪ >> tonight on q & a t john kessler on his bigestly pinocchios of 2014.o he believes made the biggest false claims. >> democrats tend to get a little more upset at them because i think they have bought into the myth of the liberal media where they think the media is on their sides. republicans believe the myth of the liberal media. so they kind of expect that they are going to be, you know oh, it's the "washington post" calling. they are not going to be fair to me. i kind of think -- i hope over the last four years i have done enough back and forth, treated both parties with equal fervor that people have now come to, you know grudgingly say, okay. you are someone we can do business with. i know that the senate majority pac, which is affiliated with harry reid they stopped answering my questions midway through 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 "the communicators" amy mitchel of the pew research center on political policyarization and whe

visit ncicap.org] ♪ >> tonight, glenn kessler on his biggest pinocchio's of 2014 awards. >> democratsd to get a little bit more upset because they have bought into the myth of the liberal media and they think the media is on their side. republicans, they believe in the myth of the liberal media and they expect they will be -- they will not be fair to me. i think, i hope that over the last four years, i have done enough back and forth, treated both parties with equal fervor that people have come to say ok, you are someone we can do business with. the senate majority pac they stopped answering my questions ager midway through the campaign season. >> tonight at a :00 eastern pacific on q&a. >> here on c-span, newsmakers as next with steve bullock of montana. then the influence that religion has on social issues. at 8:00, a conversation with glenn kessler. >> this week on newsmakers, we are joined f

lerday on "q&a," glenn kess on his end of the year biggest pinocchios of 2014 awards. "reason" words," magazine editor damon root on supreme court activism and judicial restraint. and jonathan yardley, who retired after over 30 years at "the washington post." saturday at six 4 p.m. eastern, historians discuss president lincoln's reelection campaign. sunday at 5:00 on "real america," a film that chronicles the 84th infantry division during the battle of the bulge. get our entire schedule on cspan.org and let us know what you think of the programs were watching. ments@cspan.org. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> the white house recently hosted its annual tribal nations conference here in washington. the event provides leaders from the 566 federally recognized tribes to meet with the president and members of the white house council on native american affairs. we heard remarks from vice president biden and secretary sylvia burwell and sally jewell. this is about an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the special assistant

sunday, glen kessler on his end of the year biggest pinocchios of the year awards. and book tv on afterwards. damon root on supreme court activism and judicial restraint. and sunday, jonathan yeardley who recently retired after 33 years with the washington post. and on c-span 3, saturday at 6:00 eastern, on the civil war, historians discuss president lincoln's 1864 reelection campaign. and sunday at 4:00, tried by fire, a 1965 film that chronicles the 84th infantry division during the battle of the bulge. find our full schedule at c-span.org. call us, e-mail us at comments at c-span.org or send us a