Separating the Political Facts from Spin
This is from a post by Kim Pearson at BlogHer.
If you are still making up your mind about the candidate you’ll be supporting in your state’s presidential primary, Factcheck.org and Politifact.org are invaluable resources. Here’s a sampling of what you can learn from them, and what bloggers have to say about them.
Politifact is a joint project of the St. Petersbug Times and Congressional Quarterly. It’s sexiest feature is the Truth-o-Meter, which offers concise assessments of claims made by and about the candidates.
