Bill Adair

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Bill Adair is an Editor for the PolitiFact.com with 24 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2000 Forum as a Correspondent for the Tampa Bay Times. The year with the most videos was 2008 with five videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2011 with an average of 1,089 views per program. Most appearances with Steve Scully (4), Brooks Jackson (2), James Drinkard (2). Most common tags: Commercials, Journalism, Obama, Barack.

Appearances by Title:c. January 1, 2008 - Present Editor, PolitiFact.com

Videos: 20 c. January 1, 2007 - Present Bureau Chief, Washington Bureau, [St. Petersburg Times]

Videos: 2 c. June 24, 1999 - Present Correspondent, [Tampa Bay Times]

Videos: 2

Recent Appearances

August 8, 2013
Politics and Journalism

TV, print and online reporters and editors talked about how they cover politics. Topics included the characteristics that dis…
June 6, 2013
Summer Reading with Bill Adair

Bill Adair answered the question “What are you reading this summer?” The date and location of this interview are not known.
January 18, 2013
President Obama's Campaign Promises

Bill Adair talked about PolitiFact’s “Obameter” fact check of President Obama’s record on fulfilling his 2008 campaign promis…
September 26, 2012
Fact Checking the 2012 Presidential Candidates

Journalists predicted some of the deceptive statements that President Obama and Mitt Romney might make in the first of their …