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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
The Most Dishonest Convention Speech ... Ever? — You're going to read and hear a lot about Paul Ryan's speech on Wednesday night. And I imagine most of it will be about how Ryan's speech played—with the party loyalists in Tampa, with the television viewers across the country …
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Sally Kohn / Fox News:
Paul Ryan's speech in 3 words — Aug. 29, 2012: Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.AP — At least a quarter of Americans still don't know who Paul Ryan is, and only about half who know and have an opinion of him view him favorably.
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
A not-very-truthful speech in a not-very-truthful campaign — Honestly? I didn't want us to write this piece. — The original pitch was for “the five biggest lies in Paul Ryan's speech.” I said no. It's not that the speech didn't include some lies. It's that I wanted us to bend …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Fact-checking the factcheckers on Ryan's speech — Seems like fact checkers need to do some fact checking of their own assumptions. Paul Ryan's speech last night included a reference to a GM plant in Janesville that closed, which Ryan used to criticize Barack Obama for failing to meet his campaign promises.
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Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
The true, the false, and the misleading: grading Paul Ryan's convention speech. — Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan / Washington Post — It was Paul Ryan's big moment in Tampa tonight, and he sure didn't lack for passion. But do the claims he made hold up? Wonkblog went about sorting the true …
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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Top 5 Fibs In Paul Ryan's Convention Speech — Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan's headlining speech at the GOP convention in Tampa Wednesday night touched on many of the election's defining issues. But it was also filled with prevarications — not just recitations of the conventions …
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Obama Camp Melts Down Over Ryan's Speech — The Obama campaign is lashing out at Paul Ryan, claiming that his fantastic convention speech last night was packed with falsehoods and lies. Here's their hysterical response video: — To the surprise of no one, the ad's “rebuttals” are misleading and wrong themselves.
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Joan Walsh / Salon:
Paul Ryan's brazen lies — His Republican National Convention speech was stunning for its dishonesty — Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan accepts the nomination as he addresses delegates during the third session of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, August 29, 2012.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Previewing the ‘facts’ in Mitt Romney's acceptance speech
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CNN:
CNN Fact Check: Did Ryan get Obama's GM speech right?
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Paul Ryan Is the Newest New Nixon, a Moocher Belied
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Two Paul Ryans — To hear the conservative chatter this morning …
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James Downie / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan's breathtakingly dishonest speech
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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Media Calls Out Paul Ryan Acceptance Speech For Falsehoods
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Barack Obama Thrice Mentioned Janesville GM Plant In 2008
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Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Breaking News: Federal Court Holds Texas Voter ID Law Violates Voting Rights Act [Now Updated with Analysis] — You can read the unanimous 56-page opinion by Judge Tatel at this link. — The court has put in a scheduling order to address at a later date whether section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional.
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Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
Judges Question Whether South Carolina's Voter ID Law Is Ready For Primetime
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Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Federal court rejects new Texas voter photo ID law
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Court Blocks Texas Voter ID Law, Citing Racial Impact
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Okay, That's the Stupidest Thing I Ever Heard — I like Chuck Todd. He's one of the more knowledgable and sensible people in political journalism. But this has to rank as one of the stupidest things I've ever heard anyone say. From this morning on Morning Joe, Todd explains that Democrats wish …
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Colleen Curry / ABCNEWS:
Prominent Catholic Priest Defends Sex Abusers — A well-known Catholic priest who hosts a weekly religious television show said in an interview this week that child sex abusers are often seduced by teenage boys and should not go to jail on a first offense. — The Rev. Benedict Groeschel …
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Victoria Cavaliere / NY Daily News:
Sympathy for ‘this poor guy’ Jerry Sandusky and other pedophiles? …
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Matt C. Abbott / RenewAmerica:
Father Benedict Groeschel's disturbing comments
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Elizabeth Flock / US News:
Close Friend of Romney: Clint Eastwood Is Thursday's ‘Mystery Speaker’ — A close friend of Mitt and Ann Romney confirmed to Whispers Wednesday night that Clint Eastwood is indeed Thursday's mystery speaker at the Republican National Convention. — “It's him,” said Paul Gilbert …
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CNN:
TRENDING: Solved: Eastwood is RNC ‘mystery guest’
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Fleur Delacour / Witches' Brew:
Brew Interview: CNN Camerawoman Speaks Out!
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Rebecca D. Robbins / The Harvard Crimson:
Harvard Investigates “Unprecedented” Academic Dishonesty Case — Nearly half of more than 250 students in “Introduction to Congress” are under investigation — Harvard College's disciplinary board is investigating nearly half of the 279 students who enrolled in Government 1310 …
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Michael Scherer / Swampland:
What He Knows Now: Obama on Popularity, Partisanship and Getting Things Done in Washington — White House correspondent Michael Scherer spoke with President Obama aboard Air Force One on Aug. 21 for the new issue of TIME, now available online to subscribers.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Aug. 29: So Much Depends Upon Ohio — Polls that are published during the party conventions can be anticlimactic, representing old news since they won't fully reflect the effects of the convention bounce. And none of the surveys that came out on Wednesday were that newsworthy to begin with …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Still a toss up in Missouri
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Washington Post:
As Republican convention emphasizes diversity, racial incidents intrude — TAMPA — From the convention stage here, the Republican Party has tried to highlight its diversity, giving prime speaking slots to Latinos and blacks who have emphasized their party's economic appeal to all Americans.
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CNN Camerawoman “Not Surprised” by Peanut-Throwing — “People Think We've Gone Further Than We Have” — Yahoo's D.C. Bureau Chief Fired After Romney Remark — Hurricane Isaac Destroys Melissa Harris-Perry Home — Disconnect Between GOP and Latino Journalists
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Jon Cassidy / Human Events:
POLITIFACT BIAS: DOES THE GOP TELL NINE TIMES MORE LIES THAN LEFT? REALLY? — RESIZE: — If a Republican campaign spokeswoman says the other party's candidate “and his special interest allies in Washington are plotting to spend over $13 million” in a race and has verified figures …
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Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg:
Ryan's Convention Speech Draws Fewer Viewers Than Palin — Paul Ryan, the Republican vice presidential nominee, drew fewer viewers than the 37.2 million that nominee Sarah Palin attracted four years ago. — The final hour of convention coverage last night attracted slightly more than 20 million viewers …
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