Bill Adair: The FishbowlDC Interview

Say hello to Bill Adair, editor of PolitiFact.com and Washington Bureau Chief for the St. Petersbug Times. What word do you routinely misspell? exaggerrate What's the name of your cell phone ring? The Razr v3c Theme (but I have the phone on vibrate nearly all the time) What time did you get up this morning? 5 a.m. When did you last cry and why? When I saw "King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters," a documentary about a former Boeing engineer who tries to win the world championship in Donkey Kong. I won't spoil the ending, but I found it quite moving. How many emails do you receive a day, roughly? 300 Read the rest when you click below...(and see previous FishbowlDC interviews: Julie Mason, David Shuster, Joe Curl, Alex Pareene, Peter Beinart, Jonah Goldberg, Megyn Kendall, Ana Marie Cox, Jim Brady, Howard Mortman, Amy Argetsinger, Jose Antonio Vargas, Chuck Todd, Tom Gottlieb, Kelly Ann Collins, David von Drehle, David Lat, Mark Leibovich, Zain Verjee, David Plotz, Paul Kane, Karen Travers, Mark Halperin, Hugo Gurdon, Greg Kelly,Ken Rudin, John Dickerson, Anne Schroeder, Spencer Ackerman, Bret Baier, Bob Sellers, Greta van Susteren, Danielle Jones, Jonathan Salant, John McCalla, Pam Hess, Ryan Grim, Marc Ambinder, Marty Kady, Jack Shafer, Annie Lou Bayly, Jerry Zremski, Charlie Cook, Dave Hughes, Howard Fineman, Katie Tarbox, Mark Segraves, Chris Cillizza, Tom Sietsema, Bill Triplett, Robin Givhan, David Brody, Norah O'Donnell, Carl Cannon, Jordan Lieberman, David Folkenflik, Molly Henneberg, Ernesto Londono, Brody Mullins, Aaron Blake, Martha Raddatz, Andrew Sullivan, Christina Bellantoni, Shane Harris, Nora McAlvanah, Adam Nagourney, Erin McPike, Mike Memoli, Ju-Don Marshall Roberts, Arthur Delaney, Chris Mincher, Rachel Sklar, Laura Sullivan, Jeff Kosseff, Matthew Cooper, Scott McCrary, Dan Reilly, Jennifer Griffin, Ari Shapiro, Jonathan Kaplan, Rick Klein, Mike Allen, Olivier Knox, Erik Wemple, Nathan Burchfiel, Andrea Mitchell, Mike DeBonis, Anne Kornblut, April Ryan, Amy Morris, Keith Koffler, <strongMark Silva, Ann Compton, Mark Knoller, Betsy Fischer, Katherine O'Hearn, Pamela Brown, Beverly Kirk, Wendell Goler, Glenn Kessler, Susan Page, Michael Crowley, Claudia Milne, Kelly Dinardo, Bruce Becker, Michael Rogers, Paul Schur, Diana West, Eric Nuzum) Also, drop us a line to let us know who else you'd like FishbowlDC to interview. They must work in the Washington area and you must include their email address. What's your favorite letter? k What single person played the biggest role / had the biggest influence on your journalism career? Robert Redford. I got into journalism because All the Presidents Men made it look like you could change the world. When's the last time you volunteered? Where? A month ago, as assistant coach on my son's baseball team. Who is your favorite active journalist? Blaine Harden What did you have for breakfast? An Egg Beaters cheese omelette What one toiletry item could you not live without? Contact lens solution If you could have one superpower, which one would it be? The ability to fly Red or white wine? Red PG-13 or R? PG-13. I have kids Lincoln, Jefferson or Washington Memorial? Lincoln. For reasons I don't recall, I went there with my buddies about 1 a.m. the morning before I was married. Leg or breast (chicken, of course) Breast Friday night or Saturday night? Friday. Saturday is too close to Monday. "Wedding Crashers" or "Old School" Old School. The Palm or Cafe Milano? The Palm, although I'll never go enough to get my face on the wall. Yankees or Red Sox? Red Sox. (That's also the name of the team I help coach) Jenna or Barbara? Jenna. McSteamy or McDreamy? Never seen the show. Or is that a new dessert item at McDonalds? Leno or Letterman? Letterman. Leno seems like my dad's era. Stewart or Colbert? Colbert. I thought his performance at the White House Correspondents dinner was brilliant. Boxers or briefs? Both. I wrote a book a few years ago about a plane crash investigation ("The Mystery of Flight 427" - makes a great Christmas gift!) and it taught me the value of redundancy.

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