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Chat with PolitiFact about Koch ads, Clippers owner

By Becky Bowers
May 1, 2014

Updated Thursday, May 1st, 2014 at 12:57 p.m.

We’ve been busy fact-checking anti-Obamacare ads from a group connected with the Koch brothers and pundit claims about now-banned L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling.

If you missed our noon chat, watch the full replay.

Fact-checkers in Washington, D.C., and Florida fired up our webcams for a Google+ Hangout On Air at noon ET on Thursday. If you missed our previous hangouts, here’s a taste.

If you’re new to Hangout on Air, here’s how it works:

• Have a Google+ account? (Hint: If you use Gmail, you probably do.) You can RSVP, and click on Q&A to leave us a question.

• Don’t use Google+? That’s fine — you can watch on YouTube. We also tweeted the highlights from @politifact with #politifacthangout.

We may do this twice a month, so let us know what you think.

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