Bill Adair

Aha Moment: Edith Piaf

Arts, Culture & Media

The French singer and cultural icon had a tumultuous life, as moviegoers are seeing in the Oscar-nominated biopic, “La Vie En Rose.” Marion Cotillard’s extraordinary portrayal of Piaf prompted Studio 360 listener Bill Mankin to write us about how he fell for her. Produced by Jenny Lawton, with production help from Jillian Goodman.

The World

Sanity checking last minute political ads

Global Politics

As Obama prepares for new campaign, his record on keeping his promises is mixed

Global Politics

Rhetoric heats up health care debate

Global Politics

Days Before The Iowa Caucus, Is Santorum In and Gingrich Out?

Fact and Fiction in Iowa’s Republican Primary Ads

With the advent of super PACs, the amount of money flowing into political advertising has been unprecedented – $10 million has been spent on TV and radio ads in Iowa in December. More ads and more interests controlling their messages also means that there’s more misinformation out there. Politicfact’s Bill Adair joins the program to […]

GOP Debate in Des Moines

In Iowa the final sprint for the 2012 Republican presidential candidates has begun, with the state’s all-important January 3 caucuses drawing near. On Saturday, all of the major Republican contenders, minus former Utah governor Jon Huntsman, took center stage at Drake University for a Des Moines debate. Surging frontrunner Newt Gingrich found himself fending off […]

The World

Separating PolitiFacts from PolitiFictions

Global Politics

We speak with Bill Adair, editor of PolitiFact.com and Washington Bureau Chief for the St. Petersburg Times. Adair’s job at PolitiFact is to distinguish the truth from the ‘truthiness’ in today’s political ads.