The Associated Press factchecks a couple ‘Mediscare’ ads in Kentucky July 10, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman As the midterm campaign gets underway, some familiar talking points come out again
Hogs, guns, and money June 27, 2014 By Deron Lee We heard about a Senate candidate’s "Make ’em squeal" ad. The outside spending that supported her? Not so much
Virginia’s governor didn’t say he’s going to ‘expand Medicaid’ June 24, 2014 By Corey Hutchins But he won’t say he’s not, either! What’s a reporter to do?
Local cops can track your phone, and the government doesn’t want you to know how June 20, 2014 By Susannah Nesmith and Jonathan Peters A surveillance technique sparks questions about official secrecy. Reporters, keep digging!
The case for Voxsplaining the local news June 6, 2014 By Corey Hutchins My adventures in understanding North Carolina’s privilege license tax
How the First Amendment challenge to lethal-injection secrecy came together May 16, 2014 By Deron Lee Media organizations take the transparency fight to court in Missouri
Alaska’s digital startup takes over the daily May 14, 2014 By Sara Morrison Promise, and potential pitfalls, as Alaska Dispatch and the Anchorage Daily News merge
The AP downplays its Obamacare scoop April 11, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman Repeal on deductible caps marks another step in The Great Cost Shift
A drug offers better care for a disease that affect millions. How can it be ‘low value’? March 17, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman By costing $1,000 a pill. The new hepatitis C treatment puts drug costs on the media agenda
A second look at the sequester June 18, 2013 By David Cay Johnston And it isn’t pretty. A Laurel to The Associated Press
A dart to the AP—and a laurel! August 31, 2012 By Trudy Lieberman Good work on fact-checking speeches; on Social Security, not so much
