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Rove, Karl • McCain's ads assessed by as having gone "one step too far, and sort of attributing to Obama things that are, you know, beyond the 100 percent truth test...
...best at the worst in politics? Like squabbling children, each campaign seeks to justify its behavior by pointing fingers and insisting that the other team lied first. But in the main, McCain has been far quicker to throw the truth overboard--both in advertisements and on the stump. There are so many charges and countercharges about who distorted things first that we decided to spread the highest profile allegations, good and bad, across a grid measuring both accuracy and substance so you can be the judge...
...Republican Convention. And while our approval ratings may not be as low as Congress's, we're far from beloved either. But I want to tell our readers that no matter the criticism, we strive to get it straight, to get it right. Our job is to tell the truth, as we see it, and if the facts don't match up with the campaign rhetoric or commercials, we tell you. We know what our job is: we work...
...issues before us require both a hunger for truth and a humility about recognizing it, because progress can sprint right past our ability to process it. Blood transfusions were considered creepy before World War II. Transplant a heart? That's not just a pump, critics said; it's the seat of your soul. You hardly ever hear the chilly term test-tube baby anymore, because what was once odd and unnatural is now a routine salvation to millions of childless couples...
...chose the latter, in the belief that a fine journalist does indeed bring so many of the same skills to the service of his public as an historian—chronicling events as they happen, using all the various sources open to journalist and historian alike to bring the truth to his or her readers...