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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 dont 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 Po...

With the rise of the super pacs , 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 dont 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, micha...

Story about the background of the federal budget, or the Health Care Law, issues that are confusing to people, that they hear politicians talk about, and are wondering, is that really true . It is kind of like a reverse restaurant rating. 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 abou...

Across the border in syria. That can be done with manned aircraft. But retaking the cities is not a job for manned aircraft. Too much of a risk of civilian casualties. Thats when the drones come in. Both of these require better intelligence on the ground. So why cant the iraqis get the intelligence . The iraqi Intelligence System is still relatively new. We set up a an Intelligence Ministry effectively in early 2004. You dont develop a robust Intelligence System, obviously, overnight youchlgt say well its a decade. Yeah its a decade but it takes time. They relied during surge very much on amer...

Right, weve got to get almaliki. My view, my experience and the experience of every one of the american ambassadors who succeeded me in iraq is only the americans can actually be there and broker a political reconciliation. It cant they cant do it themselves for a whole lot of reasons. No other country can do it. I think that secretary kerry ought to be in baghdad. He ought to go there and he ought to go there and show that we really mean it. That almaliki is going to have to broaden and in effect the americans have got to get act i have active on the ground. Thats how you do it, its called di...