The facts speak for themselves. This goes far beyond the sound bites to look at the underkying facts. Some may object to the fact that it holds one side up to political animus, but the fact is that the story simply examines the facts. Stories that go beyond the sound bites are to be commended. It does deserve some deductions on the basis of style. The story is convoluted and hence the article is a bit hard to follow. But that is due to the fact that there are so many aspects that must be considered.

The article is well documented. It stated in its title that it was going to point out that McCain has been, dissembling. It did, he is, and they pointed out precisely how he had been selectively picking information despite the fact that he has the full inquiry of the Senate at his fingertips. The sources are all legitimate, unshakable and first rate. The writing is very straightforward and analytical and delivered precisely what it purported to deliver.

Good example of how views can be misrepresented by selectively culling from votes on particular bills -- in this case the McCain allegation that Obama is unwilling to label the IRGC a terrorist organization.

Citations for nine wide-ranging sources follow the end of this article. The reporter uses the Congressional Record to directly counter-point allegations made in McCain press releases and on the McCain Web site. The article title is accurate, and the reporter proves it. By noting details and by looking at what candidates' voting records and bill-sponsoring in Congress actually are, Newsweek has produced an eye-opening, factual analysis.

This is how a fact check article should be written. Forget Pinocchio's nose or the 'pants-on-fire' gimmickry. This is a lengthy analysis of the facts and a detailed assessment of who is fudging and how. When hearing reports of McCain's speech to AIPAC, I thought he had actually pinned Obama by highlighting the Democrat's unwillingness to designate Iran's revolutionary guard as a terrorist organization. Not so at all! Obama had co-sponsored earlier legislation that specifically would have designated the revolutionary guard as a terrorist organization as well as spurred dis-investment in Iran. I find it disturbing that, as this article points out, McCain's website is now pushing this line. That's disinformation and propaganda not ... More »

Yes. Jo Miller did his research well. No more need be said.

McCain's argument relies on deception to persuade voters. This article provides the sources for everything claimed in the article, and shows the fallacy in McCain's argument. If the intent was to show that McCain is using a fallacy when arguing about Obama, the article did that quite well. If the intent of the article is to explain that the U.S. Senate approved a resolution urging Bush to designate the IRGC as a terrorist group, and that in itself is quite a serious matter--and that both Obama and McCain support such opening of the door to war with Iran, then this article failed. Although the resolution McCain supported passed and the one Obama supported has not, the bottom line is the same. It is not enough to reveal the ... More »

I'm not surprised McCain distorted the stand taken by Obama. The more I hear McCain speak, the less he impresses me as some kind of maverick politician. From where has that label drived? All we hear are misrepresentations like this, along with mistakes and misnomers about the facts. He is three steps too late on his attacks, trying to grab handfuls ofprimary fodder already forgotten or rehashed into the ground. Yesterday, for example, he dug up and dusted off a "bitter" quote that was not even derived from the actual quote. He mentioned "consitution" when Obama had actually employed the words "guns and religion." Miller supplies a clear contrast between the two distictly different bills, and supports it with solid analysis.More ... More »

A curiously didactic piece, a bit convoluted in its structure, but still supports itself with a strong base of fact and source checking. Perhaps more news articles should see themselves as opportunities to teach the citizenry (and using the latin nomenclature for logical arguments no less!).

Newsweek is reproducing a factcheck.org expose on the McCain challenge of Obama's position on naming the Iranian Guards as a "terrorist organization" and the surrounding brouhaha. I love factcheck.org. They nail it every time, as they do here. The McCain charge that Obama didn't sponsor the legislation is wrong, the McCain charge that Obama doesn't support the labeling of the guard as a "terrorist organization" is wrong, and surprise! - the legislation in question which Obama opposed in media, and McCain supported in the media - was not voted on by either man - they were the only two senators not present at the vote. This is the type of stuff that the uninformed barstool patriot who knows more about beer nuts than political ... More »