Independent ‘fact checkers’ are just as guilty of letting their biases substitute for facts as are other journalistic sources. This includes factcheck.org for example. See my review of the Sept. 11 “Off Base on Sex Education” article. One might also compare factcheck.orgs’ review of the Vice Presidential debate with the fact checking of Ann Coulters’ Oct 8 editorial. It also might include reviewers of ‘NewsTrust’ who can not stick to just a critique of the journalism without injecting some partisan tirade. If ‘fact checkers’ would print unedited and full responses from the candidate or source being questioned for truthfulness, their credibility would be improved. Unfortunately this weak journalism only adds to the cynicism Americans have for our system. Politicians lie, newspapers lie, broadcasters lie and those who claim to be watch dogs on the liars are telling lies. If we can not raise the level of journalistic integrity to the minimum required of the profession our democratic form of governing ourselves will continue to sicken.