Another stellar report from FactCheck. I worry, though, that this will do little to mend the damage one candidate has done to the other in that false and disgraceful ad.

This is a comprehensive article pointing out the falsehoods in the McCain add that claims that Obama's single education achievement was promoting comprehensive sex education for kindergarteners. McClatchy published a briefer but similar article debunking the claim. Excellent journalism but not likely to have much of an impact in a country where many still believe the thoroughly debunked lies that the Iraqi government was behind the terrorist attacks of 11 Sept 2001 or that Obama is a muslim.

Another fact check documenting the lies that are being told by the McCain campaign, this time on the disgusting lie that Obama supports explicit sex education for kindergarten children. Story documents actual position taken by the candidates and the specific lies from the McCain campaign and how the media is giving free air time to the ad. McCain is attacking Obama for being in favor of teaching children how to avoid sexual abuse which is not the same thing as teaching them how to have sex and is another example of Orwellian tactics.

Generally, I encourage serious, piercing critiques of political proclamations. Political bias and or unbridled enthusiasm for being critical, however, can often undo the pursuit of truth in deconstructing political advertising. In this case I find these faults with this review: 1) The reviewer states that “the ad's insinuation” is that Obama “supports explicit sex education for kindergarteners”. Whereas this assumption may be obvious to the author, it is not supported with any rational or itemized supporting facts. 2) This review itself, in its bold section headlines and elsewhere, insinuates that the entire ad is false. Which is an insinuation that is not true. 3) The argument that the ad should have included statements ... More »

Excellent article backed with solid research. Unfortunately, most Americans will never see FactCheck, and thus will continue to believe only what FOX and the other FOX wannabes report as "news". One can only hope that flushed with success, McCain's distortions will finally become so outrageous that even the most torpid person catches on to their strategy: to obscure the issues they dare not run on with senseless concocted propaganda.

This is very-well researched analysis of why and how the McCain-Palin ad about sex education is a pack of lies. The facts are explained carefully and clearly. The story is non-partisan, and is quite damning of the supposed "straight-talkers" McCain and Palin. A must-read.

Thorough research into misdirections if not outright slander by the McCain ad. Judging from all the sourced facts in the FactCheck article, the McCain ad is specifically, solely an attempt at character assassination of Senator Obama to parents and others who will be outraged by the claim and will likely never take the time to research the veracity of it.

If the big white right media will not call a sleazy distorted misleading backwards slander of an ad a lie, it falls to fact-checking independent media organizations. This is journalism that tries to focus on ethics and truth. In this case they have done a good job. For more on this particular ad and the lies in other McCain ads there is a video from Brave New PAC posted on NewsTrust at http://www.newstrust.net/webx/Stories/files/80911-0016/

It would be nice if some REAL issues were discussed during this campaign!