Campus Connection

  A national reporter who is editor of PolitiFact — which aims to cuts through political rhetoric — is coming to UW-La Crosse. Bill Adair, editor of the popular political fact-checking online report, will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in the Cameron Hall of Nations in Centennial Hall. Admission is free. Adair, Washington Bureau Chief for the “Tampa Bay Times,” has worked in the nation’s capital since 1997. He has covered Congress, the White House, the Supreme Court, national politics and aviation safety. He has won the Everett Dirksen Award for Distinguished Coverage of Congress and the Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. He lives in Arlington, Va. PolitiFact.com is a project operated by the Tampa Bay Times in which reporters and editors from the Times and affiliated media outlets fact-check statements by politicians and political interest groups. They publish original statements and their evaluations on the PolitiFact.com website, and assign each a "Truth-O-Meter" rating. The ratings range from "True" for completely accurate statements to "Pants on Fire" (from the taunt "Liar, liar, pants on fire") for outright lies. PolitiFact won a 2009 Pulitzer Prize. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel runs PolitiFact, highlighting Wisconsin politics. The feature gained extra attention during last spring’s political unrest in Wisconsin’s state government. The visit is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the La Crosse Area, American Association of University Women, UW-L Political Science Department and UW-L Joint Legislative Regents Relations Committee. Find more about PolitiFact at: http://www.politifact.com/ If you go— Who: Bill Adair, editor of PolitiFact What: Lecture When: 7 p.m. Thursday, April 12 Where:  Cameron Hall of Nations, Centennial Hall Admission: Free