What I'm Reading Friday, December 16, 2011

On Fact Checking

• Can Fact Checking be Politically “Neutral,” When Facts Are Not Equally Distributed Across the Political Spectrum? | ThinkProgress

Politics

• Opinion: Health reform foes’ dismal vision – Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown – POLITICO.com
• GOP field slouches toward finish line – John F. Harris and Jonathan Martin – POLITICO.com
• The Immoral Minority: Most brutally honest review of Sarah Palin’s crappy propaganda movie I have ever read!
• » As I Predicted, Stressing Income Inequality Loses Potential Supporters Liberal Values

Politics — Newt Gingrich

• Newt Gingrich: Big Government Welfare Queen | Dispatches from the Culture Wars.
  • Newt Gingrich played key role in Medicare drug benefit – Jonathan Allen – POLITICO.com
• Opinion: Gingrich’s invented history – Ambassador Wendy Chamberlin – POLITICO.com
• » Quote of the Day Liberal Values
  

  “You know the difference between God and Newt Gingrich? God doesn’t think he’s Newt Gingrich.” –Jay Leno

Politics — Mitt Romney

• Romney and the KKK Slogan | Dispatches from the Culture Wars

Climate & Climate Politics

• Sorry, Deniers, Study of “True Global Warming Signal” Finds “Remarkably Steady” Rate of Manmade Warming Since 1979 | ThinkProgress
• News on Climate Gate Gate:
  • Computers Seized in Cyber-Thief Investigation (updated) : Greg Laden’s Blog

Religion

• Thanks to How to tell the difference | Pharyngula for alerting me to this one:
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Right Wing Journalism

• Big Godwin | Firedoglake