diff --git a/recipes/politifact.recipe b/recipes/politifact.recipe
index e3550ce7f1..6f5344ae4e 100644
--- a/recipes/politifact.recipe
+++ b/recipes/politifact.recipe
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ class PolitiFactCom(BasicNewsRecipe):
     __author__     = u'Michael Heinz'
     oldest_article = 21
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
-    recursion = 0
     language = 'en'
 
     no_stylesheets = True
@@ -27,4 +26,9 @@ class PolitiFactCom(BasicNewsRecipe):
                      (u'Statements', u'http://www.politifact.com/feeds/statements/truth-o-meter/')
                      ]
 
-
+    def preprocess_html(self, soup):
+        for alink in soup.findAll('a'):
+            if alink.string is not None:
+                tstr = alink.string
+                alink.replaceWith(tstr)
+        return soup