The intro to this story suggests that the key subjects of the debate were Immigration and Iraq, but there is precious little discussion of the "facts" brought forward on those subjects. There is no explanation for that failure.

Good journalism. It will be interesting to see how long this kind of reporting continues in this era of managed news by centralized media ownership.

this is great journalism; fact-checking (and additional information for the reader linked to the check) by the paper itself. this may be the most effective source for reaching mainstream news seekers, who don't go to factcheck.org or read blogs, etc., probably the majority of voters (can someone check that). what prevents other broadcast news channels and newspapers from doing this regularly, when so much is at stake?

The only story here is that it has been confirmed that the detainees eat chicken and rice. What were we expecting them to eat? No comment at all about the suggestion that as a result, they are getting fat due to the goodwill and generosity of the American taxpayer. Yes it is true, yes it is meaningless, yes it is disingenuous.

It is not an easy task to evaluate the reliability of newspaper stories now that corporate ownership rules so much of the media. An awful lot of bunk is being printed. On the other hand, some Internet sites do fact checking and explain discrepencies and expose outright lies [e.g., check out Media Matters], but the news sources themselves rarely admit their violations of journalistic standards. After all, isn't that precisely why NEWS TRUST exists ? I have become quite skeptical about news media reports, let alone comments by politicians, so I have read carefully the account presented by POLITIFACT.COM on its home webpage and have also added that page to my bookmarks/favorites list so that I may check the fact checks frequently ... More »

Fact-checking is an integral part of journalism; when the story itself is a political debate, it is useful for the audience to benefit from having the facts verified for them so that they can form a more informed opinion of the candidates.