Fact Checkers to the Rescue

FactCheck.org has received significant press coverage over the last two weeks. The site, which is funded by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, aims to sift through political advertisements, analyzing the accuracy of their claims. The site has proven to be so reliable that Senator John Kerry's homepage has it linked; even Vice President Dick Cheney advised viewers of the 2004 Vice Presidential debates to check up on his own relations with Halliburton via the site (which he misidentified as factcheck.com, the site of one of the most notable democratic philantrhopists active in this election, George Soros). FactCheck.org has quickly become one of the most reliable media sources, when it comes to checking the validity of political advertisements.