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Fact Check the U.S. Presidential Debates and Other Political Statements

By Andis Kaulins

Fact check the U.S. Presidential debates and other "facts" at factcheck.org.
Hat tip to Lessig Blog.

Fact Check is:

"[A] nonpartisan, nonprofit "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.

The Annenberg Political Fact Check is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The APPC was established by publisher and philanthropist Walter Annenberg in 1994 to create a community of scholars within the University of Pennsylvania that would address public policy issues at the local, state and federal levels.

The APPC accepts NO funding from business corporations, labor unions, political parties, lobbying organizations or individuals. It is funded primarily by the Annenberg Foundation."

P.S. ... and "just checking the facts" here. The following notice regarding Fact Check facts is found at the FastCheck.org website:

"FactCheck.org's staff, not the Annenberg Center, is responsible for this material."

Full post as published by LawPundit on October 09, 2008 (boomark / email).