Introducing PolitiFact Tennessee, our 10th state
By Bill Adair
Published on Monday, January 16th, 2012 at 10:47 a.m.
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PolitiFact Tennessee is a partnership of the Memphis Commercial Appeal and the Knoxville News Sentinel.
The Truth-O-Meter is now in Tennessee.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal and the Knoxville News Sentinel have launched PolitiFact Tennessee, our 10th state partnership.
The joint effort of the two E.W. Scripps newspaper is led by Zack McMillin in Memphis and includes reporters Steve Ahillen in Knoxville; Richard Locker and Tom Humphrey in Nashville; and Bart Sullivan and Michael Collins in Washington.
Tennessee joins PolitiFact partners in Florida, Texas, Georgia, Rhode Island, Ohio, Wisconsin, Oregon, New Jersey and Virginia.
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