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Q | Nov 2, 2012 | 1:43:37

Campaign "truthiness," Comedian W. Kamau Bell, Hip hop and Obama, Superpac app, Election Special Media Panel, Reproductive Rights, Electoral Fraud 11/02/2012

Q's U.S. Election Special. Politifact.com's Bill Adair and journalist Andrew Potter on "truth" in the election. Comic W. Kamau Bell on satire as political commentary. Professor Erik Nielson on Obama and hiphop. Jenn Hollett, the creator of the Superpac app. Election Special Media Panel with Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, breitbart.com's Joel Pollock, and media editor at the New York Times, Bruce Headlam. Historian Nancy L. Cohen on how reproductive rights shaped the election race. Atlantic contributor Andrew Cohen on electoral fraud.

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