On C-SPAN Campaign 2008 online, there was an interview with Bill Adair, editor of PolitiFact website. I'm pretty sold on this idea - getting an analysis of statements, ad campaigns, accusations, as well as so-called factual mass emails concerning candidates and getting a rating on each of the truthfulness in the information. The statements are back-checked and each can rank from true, mostly true, half-true, liar-liar-pants-on-fire, etc. This website has a page on each candidate and breaks down statements into little packets of rated truths (or lies I suppose) - like check-out Obama's radical Muslim status and other outrageous attacks.
Check out the truth-o-meter, though be aware that PolitiFact could still be throwing its political weight around by publishing certain things and not researching others. But, it is definitely worth checking out.
www.politifact.com
www.campaignnetwork.org
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