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===Politifact===
[[http://www.politifact.com/]]
Politifact is a key data provider for [[FactcheckingData factchecks]]. Previously, we have displayed the [[http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/ Obameter]] on our website as well.
Be aware: while they self-identify as non-partisan, some perceive them to have a liberal bias
[[http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/staff/bill-adair/ Bill Adair]], the creator and former editor of Politifact, is on Project Vote Smart's Board
**Resources:**
Politifact API documentation: http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com/api/v2apidoc.html
Politifact's rulings: http://www.politifact.com/api/v/2/statementruling/?format=xml
Vote Smart issue category associations to Politifact categories (not currently used, but may be accessed here): http://mantis.votesmart.org/file_download.php?file_id=2329&type=bug
**For fun**
[[http://www.politifact.com/new-jersey/article/2013/apr/21/chris-christie-claims-scooby-doo-was-his-favorite-/ arguably Politifact's best work]]
**Use Policy and Permissions:**
"All of this site's content, including but not limited to text, articles, photographs, images, graphics, trademarks, logos and service marks, is owned by the Tampa Bay Times and is protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws meaning, among other things:
The site's content is for your personal, non-commercial use.
If you copy any material from this site, that copy must be exclusively for your personal non-commercial use and that copy must retain copyright, trademark and other ownership notices contained in the material.
Storing or archiving any significant portion of the content or creating a database using the content is prohibited.
Any other activity or use of this site that is a violation of United States intellectual property laws or international treaties, including but not limited to copying other than on an isolated basis for personal use; modifying the content; and publishing, transmitting, creating derivative works from, transferring, selling or displaying the content of the site, is prohibited.
You may hyperlink to tampabay.com so long as the link does not state or imply any sponsorship or endorsement of your site by tampabay.com, Tampa Bay Times, the Times Publishing Company or any of their affiliates. Any linking which results in display of this site's content surrounded by or included with content of another site, organization or person is prohibited.
You may not use the content in any way not specifically provided for in this agreement without the specific written consent of the Tampa Bay Times.
[...]
Tampabay.com reserves the right to deny access to anyone who violates posting rules or any part of this agreement.
Tampabay.com retains the right to delete, move or edit any posting in its sole discretion and reserves the right to deny access to you and to anyone accessing this service under your registration.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless tampabay.com, Tampa Bay Times, the Times Publishing Company and their affiliates, employees, contractors, officers, directors, and telecommunications providers from all liability, claims, and expenses, including attorneys' fees, that arise from the breach of any of the terms of use of the site or in connection with your use of this site. tampabay.com reserves the right to assume exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification under this agreement.
This agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Florida. The venue for any legal action that concerns this agreement shall be Pinellas County, Florida.
Click here (nbrown@tampabay.com) to email your request to use any material on this site."
"From an email Michael Mowery sent to Angie Drobnic Holan and Becky Bowers, both of Politifact:
Becky and Angie,
I just spoke with my national director and we're in good shape. She confirmed: first, we will not reprint or repost wholes or portions of Politifact's analyses; and second, we are interested in displaying the name of the article/official quote, the "truth-o-meter" rating and image, as well as the link to the original post on your website. This display will provide some information to our users while still encouraging them to follow the link to the original piece on Politifact's website.
To be clear, the Politifact widget itself would not meet our needs, but the amount of content and type of content displayed by the widget does.
Additionally, they included a link to the NYT Terms of Use page, which is the template for their new terms of use:
http://developer.nytimes.com/Api_terms_of_use
From Michael Mowery, 12/17/2013
“I just spoke with Angie Holan. I outlined our project and described an example for what we are envisioning regarding displaying Politifact's content.
She seems very interested in the project but hesitant to allow entire articles to be reprinted/reposted. She further noted that any sharing on such a scale would have to be approved by "higher ups". She suggested a version of content sharing where we display the first 200 words of the article with a link to the full article on their site, and mentioned that this may get approval more easily. She did agree to explore both options with the editors, but we should be prepared to move forward with less content than desired. “
Becky Bowers <bbowers@tampabay.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: Politifact API
To: Michael Mowery <michaelm@votesmart.org>
Cc: Clinton Adams <clinton@votesmart.org>
Michael & Clinton,
Thanks for the note!
Here's where we are (Michael, I've gotten an update since I spoke with you last):
1. We're working now to publicly post a terms of use document on our site. Optimistically, this will happen within the week. No signatures are necessary; it'll lay the groundwork for any/all use of our API, by anyone. It'll be patterned on other similar terms, such as: http://developer.nytimes.com/Api_terms_of_use
2. If you don't see any red flags in the NYT document, we can move forward in parallel with a quick chat between Clinton and two IT folks on our end, Hugo Scavino and Dave Brown. They're simply looking for a sense of the kind of request volume Clinton anticipates. The terms of use will likely say you're not allowed to exceed a "reasonable" request volume. Chatting up front will help everyone understand what "reasonable" means, so you guys are able to provide a good user experience for your readers, and we don't end up with issues related to unanticipated volume. It'll also open the communication channels, so that if for any reason you do anticipate higher requests, you can let us know. The goal is for us to work together so everyone has a good experience.
I can set up a GoToMeeting call to connect the five of us: Michael, Clinton, Hugo, Dave and me.
Assuming that conversation goes smoothly, you're welcome to write code that makes use of our API in the way we've discussed, with the understanding that we plan to have terms of use in place before your launch.
--Becky
On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Michael Mowery <michaelm@votesmart.org> wrote:
Hi Clinton and Becky,
This email is to introduce the two of you so we can open the lines of communication as Politifact prepares to provide API permissions and Terms of Use.
Becky (I don't think I've mentioned this) we're only interested in active federal officials for this first attempt with factchecking data, so we won't even be taking or using everything.
Clinton, just so you're on the same page with the rest of us: Politifact has agreed to let us use the titles, truth-o-meter ratings, names of the officials, and links to the full articles in our display.
Thanks,
Michael
--
Becky Bowers
Digital Operations Manager, PolitiFact.com
bbowers@politifact.com
Office: (202) 463-0572 or (727) 553-5238
“
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[[http://www.politifact.com/]]
Politifact is a key data provider for [[FactcheckingData factchecks]]. Previously, we have displayed the [[http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/ Obameter]] on our website as well.
Be aware: while they self-identify as non-partisan, some perceive them to have a liberal bias
[[http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/staff/bill-adair/ Bill Adair]], the creator and former editor of Politifact, is on Project Vote Smart's Board
**Resources:**
Politifact API documentation: http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com/api/v2apidoc.html
Politifact's rulings: http://www.politifact.com/api/v/2/statementruling/?format=xml
Vote Smart issue category associations to Politifact categories (not currently used, but may be accessed here): http://mantis.votesmart.org/file_download.php?file_id=2329&type=bug
**For fun**
[[http://www.politifact.com/new-jersey/article/2013/apr/21/chris-christie-claims-scooby-doo-was-his-favorite-/ arguably Politifact's best work]]
**Use Policy and Permissions:**
"All of this site's content, including but not limited to text, articles, photographs, images, graphics, trademarks, logos and service marks, is owned by the Tampa Bay Times and is protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws meaning, among other things:
The site's content is for your personal, non-commercial use.
If you copy any material from this site, that copy must be exclusively for your personal non-commercial use and that copy must retain copyright, trademark and other ownership notices contained in the material.
Storing or archiving any significant portion of the content or creating a database using the content is prohibited.
Any other activity or use of this site that is a violation of United States intellectual property laws or international treaties, including but not limited to copying other than on an isolated basis for personal use; modifying the content; and publishing, transmitting, creating derivative works from, transferring, selling or displaying the content of the site, is prohibited.
You may hyperlink to tampabay.com so long as the link does not state or imply any sponsorship or endorsement of your site by tampabay.com, Tampa Bay Times, the Times Publishing Company or any of their affiliates. Any linking which results in display of this site's content surrounded by or included with content of another site, organization or person is prohibited.
You may not use the content in any way not specifically provided for in this agreement without the specific written consent of the Tampa Bay Times.
[...]
Tampabay.com reserves the right to deny access to anyone who violates posting rules or any part of this agreement.
Tampabay.com retains the right to delete, move or edit any posting in its sole discretion and reserves the right to deny access to you and to anyone accessing this service under your registration.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless tampabay.com, Tampa Bay Times, the Times Publishing Company and their affiliates, employees, contractors, officers, directors, and telecommunications providers from all liability, claims, and expenses, including attorneys' fees, that arise from the breach of any of the terms of use of the site or in connection with your use of this site. tampabay.com reserves the right to assume exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification under this agreement.
This agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Florida. The venue for any legal action that concerns this agreement shall be Pinellas County, Florida.
Click here (nbrown@tampabay.com) to email your request to use any material on this site."
"From an email Michael Mowery sent to Angie Drobnic Holan and Becky Bowers, both of Politifact:
Becky and Angie,
I just spoke with my national director and we're in good shape. She confirmed: first, we will not reprint or repost wholes or portions of Politifact's analyses; and second, we are interested in displaying the name of the article/official quote, the "truth-o-meter" rating and image, as well as the link to the original post on your website. This display will provide some information to our users while still encouraging them to follow the link to the original piece on Politifact's website.
To be clear, the Politifact widget itself would not meet our needs, but the amount of content and type of content displayed by the widget does.
Additionally, they included a link to the NYT Terms of Use page, which is the template for their new terms of use:
http://developer.nytimes.com/Api_terms_of_use
From Michael Mowery, 12/17/2013
“I just spoke with Angie Holan. I outlined our project and described an example for what we are envisioning regarding displaying Politifact's content.
She seems very interested in the project but hesitant to allow entire articles to be reprinted/reposted. She further noted that any sharing on such a scale would have to be approved by "higher ups". She suggested a version of content sharing where we display the first 200 words of the article with a link to the full article on their site, and mentioned that this may get approval more easily. She did agree to explore both options with the editors, but we should be prepared to move forward with less content than desired. “
Becky Bowers <bbowers@tampabay.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: Politifact API
To: Michael Mowery <michaelm@votesmart.org>
Cc: Clinton Adams <clinton@votesmart.org>
Michael & Clinton,
Thanks for the note!
Here's where we are (Michael, I've gotten an update since I spoke with you last):
1. We're working now to publicly post a terms of use document on our site. Optimistically, this will happen within the week. No signatures are necessary; it'll lay the groundwork for any/all use of our API, by anyone. It'll be patterned on other similar terms, such as: http://developer.nytimes.com/Api_terms_of_use
2. If you don't see any red flags in the NYT document, we can move forward in parallel with a quick chat between Clinton and two IT folks on our end, Hugo Scavino and Dave Brown. They're simply looking for a sense of the kind of request volume Clinton anticipates. The terms of use will likely say you're not allowed to exceed a "reasonable" request volume. Chatting up front will help everyone understand what "reasonable" means, so you guys are able to provide a good user experience for your readers, and we don't end up with issues related to unanticipated volume. It'll also open the communication channels, so that if for any reason you do anticipate higher requests, you can let us know. The goal is for us to work together so everyone has a good experience.
I can set up a GoToMeeting call to connect the five of us: Michael, Clinton, Hugo, Dave and me.
Assuming that conversation goes smoothly, you're welcome to write code that makes use of our API in the way we've discussed, with the understanding that we plan to have terms of use in place before your launch.
--Becky
On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Michael Mowery <michaelm@votesmart.org> wrote:
Hi Clinton and Becky,
This email is to introduce the two of you so we can open the lines of communication as Politifact prepares to provide API permissions and Terms of Use.
Becky (I don't think I've mentioned this) we're only interested in active federal officials for this first attempt with factchecking data, so we won't even be taking or using everything.
Clinton, just so you're on the same page with the rest of us: Politifact has agreed to let us use the titles, truth-o-meter ratings, names of the officials, and links to the full articles in our display.
Thanks,
Michael
--
Becky Bowers
Digital Operations Manager, PolitiFact.com
bbowers@politifact.com
Office: (202) 463-0572 or (727) 553-5238
“
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