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Bartholomew Sullivan
Scripps Howard News Service Political Coordinator
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Bartholomew Sullivan, a native of St. Louis, Mo., has been with The Commercial Appeal for 19 years, including the past eight as its Washington correspondent with the Scripps Howard News Service. A political science graduate of Santa Clara University, in California, he began his professional newspaper career in 1982 with dailies in Pennsylvania and, in 1984, at The Palm Beach Post in Florida. In October 1992, he joined The Commercial Appeal as a regional reporter, ranging for ten years over the mainly rural, tri-state Mid-South, covering murder and mayhem on deadline. He covered both Republican and Democratic national conventions in 2004 and 2008 and is the coordinator of political coverage for SHNS this year. A member of the White House Correspondents Association, Sullivan is responsible for Scripps Howard’s monthly White House pool duty. Married to a high school English teacher, he has two daughters in college. He lives in Virginia.
Areas of Expertise
Latest Fact-Checks by Bartholomew Sullivan
- Delta broke promises to Memphis says Congressman Cohen November 25, 2012
- Blackburn letter claims Consumer commission stopping Buckyballs sales “without consultation or input from the company” October 15, 2012
- Roe letter claims Consumer commission stopping Buckyballs sales “without consultation or input from the company” October 15, 2012
- Marsha Blackburn cites bipartisan opposition to some Obama administration measures September 24, 2012
- Disavowed Democratic Senate primary winner claims TSA makes non-straight employees grab children August 13, 2012
- Memphis candidate George Flinn claims his patents “revolutionized modern medicine” July 30, 2012
- Memphis candidate Bergmann repeats Limbaugh claim that health-care tax increase is biggest in world history July 22, 2012
- Marsha Blackburn says health-care law will lead to loss of 1,000 of 10,000 medical-device industry jobs in her district June 17, 2012
- Sen. Lamar Alexander says students overcharged on loans to help pay for health care law June 10, 2012
- GOP 2010 nominee for Congress says George Flinn is confirming attendance at events then not showing up May 11, 2012
Latest Stories by Bartholomew Sullivan
- Fact-check: Is replacing Joe Biden on the ticket ‘unlawful’? Election law experts say it’s not July 22, 2024
- United Facts of America: Experts say facts alone won’t bridge the partisan divide September 27, 2022
- Would Tom Hanks have qualified for a coronavirus test in the US? March 12, 2020
- Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address February 5, 2020
- What we know about Shadow, Acronym and the Iowa caucuses February 4, 2020
- A new look for the PolitiFact website February 2, 2020
- PolitiFact answers the Senate’s impeachment questions January 31, 2020
- Does the EPA really want to regulate farm dust? April 30, 2012
- Rhetoric rises over payment advisory board April 2, 2012
- Super Tuesday preview: GOP claims you may have heard, may hear again February 26, 2012
- Bergmann attacks EPA, says it arrests for infractions that make “no sense” February 22, 2012