Bill Adair, Duke University journalism professor and founder of the “fact-checking” site PolitiFact, indulged his warped scales with a sympathetic host on tax-funded PBS, sending out a fair-and-balanced message: Republicans love to lie!
Guest host Bianna Golodryga encapsulated Adair’s ideological view in her introduction.
Bianna Golodryga: As Americans gear up for the election, our next guest warns of an epidemic of lying in U.S. politics, particularly within the Republican Party. Bill Adair joins Michel Martin to discuss his new book, “Beyond the Big Lie.” As founder of fact-checking website PolitiFact, he is well placed to account for where disinformation comes from, how it spreads, and the danger that it poses to democracy.
The full title of Adair’s book laid out his prejudice: Beyond the Big Lie: The Epidemic of Political Lying, Why Republicans…
