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Editor of PolitiFact Tennessee and Assistant Metro Editor at The Commercial Appeal. Born and raised in Memphis, he has won many regional and national awards since joining The CA to write sports in 1995, after graduating from Vanderbilt University. Moved to CA newsroom after being selected as a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan for 2006-07 academic year. He and his wife, Aimee, have a first-grader and third-grader.

Featured Statements

Steve Cohen
stated on October 31, 2012 in a press release.:

Says Delta Air Lines has "once again broken a promise they made to me and to the people of Memphis."

By Bartholomew Sullivan • November 25, 2012
Lamar Alexander
stated on November 13, 2012 in in a news release announcing support for the Sportsmen's bill.:

"More Tennesseans have hunting and fishing licenses than vote."

By Zack McMillin • November 18, 2012
Bill Haslam
stated on October 18, 2012 in an article for Time magazine.:

Says Tennessee’s higher education funding model "is 100 percent outcomes-based" and "we are already seeing this model changing the way our postsecondary institutions do business."

By Richard Locker • November 11, 2012
Stand For Children Tennessee
stated on October 24, 2012 in in a post on Facebook.:

Says that "Tennessee law requires that schools receive half of proceeds -- $31 million per year" -- from a half-cent increase in the Shelby County sales tax.

By Zack McMillin • November 4, 2012
George Flinn
stated on October 18, 2012 in in campaign mail piece:

Says that "when Congressman (Steve) Cohen took office in 2007, the unemployment rate was at 4.8 percent. The unemployment rate in Shelby County has reached 9.7 percent."

By Zack McMillin • October 28, 2012
Tennessee Republican Party
stated on October 11, 2012 in a mailer sent for a state legislative campaign.:

Says House Democrats "voted to use your tax dollars for abortions" by voting against bill defunding Planned Parenthood.

By Tom Humphrey • October 21, 2012
Marsha Blackburn
stated on October 1, 2012 in in a letter co-signed with others in Congress.:

Signs letter saying Consumer Product Safety Commission is acting "without consultation or input from the company" to stop the sale of Buckyballs.

By Bartholomew Sullivan • October 15, 2012
Phil Roe
stated on October 1, 2012 in in a letter co-signed with others in Congress.:

Signs letter saying Consumer Product Safety Commission is acting "without consultation or input from the company" to stop the sale of Buckyballs.

By Bartholomew Sullivan • October 15, 2012
Jim Kyle
stated on September 29, 2012 in a story in the Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle:

"All legislative mail, from the content to the timing, is approved by the speaker's office."

By Tom Humphrey • October 8, 2012
Andy Berke
stated on August 31, 2012 in a letter to state Senate education committee chairwoman Dolores Gresham.:

Says Tennessee is providing "millions of dollars" to virtual school company for "results at the bottom of the bottom."

By Zack McMillin • October 7, 2012