{"id":7669,"date":"2005-01-19T20:25:04","date_gmt":"2005-01-20T03:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/01\/19\/spin-off.html"},"modified":"2005-01-19T20:25:04","modified_gmt":"2005-01-20T03:25:04","slug":"spin_off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/01\/19\/spin_off.html","title":{"rendered":"Spin-off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spinsanity is, alas, closing up shop<\/a>. They did a fine job, up through the election, of fact-checking politicians on both sides, and even when I disagreed with some of their interpretations, their facts were generally sound. While the folks involved are continuing similar interests elsewhere, and while there are other resources for doing much the same thing, Spinsanity was one of the best, and it will be missed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spinsanity is, alas, closing up shop. 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