An article in the Christian Science Monitor  reports that media truth squads are hard at work trying to gauge the accuracy of the presidential candidates’ campaigns claims.

To show how difficult that challenge is the article notes that:

“A recent Gallup poll…

An article in Sunday’s Post-Dispatch by the Associated Press’ Charles Babington raised the question of whether John McCain and –  to a lesser extent — Barack Obama are playing too loose with facts and voters don’t really care.

The article was…

Sunday’s New York Times featured a lengthy Page One article examining Sarah Palin’s style of governing. The Times’ headlines reflect the premise: “Once Elected, Palin Hired Friends and Lashed Foes. Governor’s Style of Politics is Highly Personal.”

The Post-Dispatch published a reduced version of…

Of all the issues in this presidential campaign, who would have thought putting “lipstick on a pig” would emerge as the latest battleground?

Slate.com has an interesting article on the origins and meaning of “lipstick on a pig.” It finds a 1926…

Of all the journalists out there, why did Sarah Palin choose ABC News’ Charles Gibson for her first exclusive interview since being named to the GOP ticket? The interview is scheduled for tomorrow and Friday, and the network plans to…

There’s an interesting give-and-take going on between many in the media and the GOP about examining the record of Sarah Palin. Even as  journalists report on Palin,  they also seem to feel the need to rationalize doing so.

The New York…

Unless you’ve been in a cave this past week, you know that Sarah Palin is a hockey mom.  That’s what she calls herself — and it’s a description that supporters and pundits alike have embraced.

What’s it mean? Youth hockey is…

“Palin pledges to shake up D.C.” is the lead headline on the top story in today’s Post-Dispatch.  “Making history” is the second headline and the third: “First woman on GOP ticket throws quick jabs at Obama.”

Slate.com’s  synopsis of major national papers indicates…

Politics makes for some strange perceptions.

A caller this morning decried what she called our obvious bias toward McCain.

“I noticed last week when the DNC was going on you couldn’t run a story about Obama without a story about McCain right…

A follow-up thought — from one of our political writers — to yesterday’s posting on Sunday’s huge Obama coverage:

Just for the record — and I’ve mentioned this to Parker already — our local coverage on the presidential candidates, when they…