The Birdy Politic: Fact-Checking the State of the Union in Real-Time

Gone are the days when political junkies would have to wait for a speech to be over before talking heads could endlessly parse each word. The Huffington Post will provide real-time analysis and fact-checking of Barack Obama’s State of the Union address and the Republican rebuttal Tuesday night, and, with our incredible shrinking news cycle, the approach only makes sense.

Gone are the days when political junkies would have to wait for a speech to be over before talking heads could endlessly parse each word. The Huffington Post will provide real-time analysis and fact-checking of Barack Obama’s State of the Union address and the Republican rebuttal Tuesday night, and, with our incredible shrinking news cycle and the rise of participatory journalism, the approach only makes sense.

The HuffPost has teamed with The Sunlight Foundation (a nonpartisan watchdog group dedicated to making government more transparent), The Center For Public Integrity and National Journal to create a panel of experts (comprised of about 15-20 reporters and outside analysts) who’ll weigh in as President Barack Obama and the GOP’s Rep.

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