Wednesday, September 01, 2004

real journalism

...for a change. Imagine fact-checking the wild assertions made by a politician? As you can see here, a careful shading of the truth can be just as effective as a bald-faced lie: "Former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani made a number of specific attacks based on statements allegedly made by Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry in his speech to the Republican National Convention Monday night. But Giuliani's description of those comments often lacked context...."