Creative fact-checking at Texas Tribune inspired by VH1’s Pop-Up Video

The Texas Tribune came up with a new way to fact-check and add context to political speeches. Called “Stump Interrupted,” the Trib is adding VH1-style pop-up bubbles in videos of speechifying public officials, such as U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Gov. Rick Perry. There’s factual information mixed in with humor — I laughed at …

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