Thank you as always for the kind words!

The headline was not intended to imply that either side shut down the government, but to address the falsehood in its entirety. I can see how it might be read as you interpreted it though.

Thanks for the kind words, they mean a lot!

Thanks for checking!

See this press release from the Utah County Sheriff's Office: sheriff.utahcounty.gov/media/sherif...

Yes, I think that you're right that we're going off of different definitions of the word "wrong." I focus on whether a claim has a factual basis. As a journalist, it is not my place to determine whether politicians meet a certain moral standard, which is of course a matter of opinion.

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