A random ‘toon:
I had some time at work today, so I drew an amusing image for myself. (note: this image is not an endorsement of John McCain and is copyright Josh Taylor, Oct. 2008)
There is the version I originally made and a version with some color added in. Personally I prefer the original, but I thought people might like the color one as well.
As far as sources go, here are a few:
http://www.factcheck.org
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org
http://www.publicintegrity.org
And a lot of the misquotes come from various videos from each exchange.
RE: Public Radio
Glad to hear that you made your first donation to NPR. When he said the “we are talking to you” bit I nearly wrote a check on the spot. Indeed they do present one of the most balanced and unbiased news that I have heard. The fact that they are publicly and privately funded sets them up to have less of an agenda. Of course it would be my hope that public news wouldn’t have an agenda. Which cannot be said of countries like China and North Korea.
I find myself weary of politically leaning news every day as I watch stations more in the habit of making news than reporting on it. I would say this though, it would be wise not to completely shut off yourself from these sources. Although they do lean clearly right or clearly left in many cases it is important to view all sides of the argument(as arduous as it may be to sort through the slander).
BTW I enjoyed the little chart you had for the third debate, but was wondering if you might include some of the “fact check” sources you used in your assessment.