PolitiFact.Com Launches Truth-O-Meter
Now here's a useful Website being done by what some might call the Mainstream or Traditional media, although you can't call them the corporate media.
The PolitiFact.Com "truth-o-meter" is a project of the St. Petersburg Times, a not for profit newspaper tied to the Poynter Institute, in conjunction with Congressional Quarterly.
In the months ahead, they say, the news staffs of both organizations will examine major claims by presidential candidates and rule on their veracity.
"Our Truth-O-Meter will help voters sort fact from fiction in the campaign," they say. "This is a working database and over time it will grow more valuable."
Today, they check how much credit does Giuliani deserve for fighting crime. The NYC crime stats look great from his tenure as mayor, but they looked great in a lot of cities.
We just added the link to the blog under Politics, Polls and Money...