With the myriad news (and "news") sources available to us today, it is no wonder people become either jaded with current events or megaphones of misinformation. With the abundance of television, radio, print, and online methods of accessing the business of the world, it is important to remember that even media is a business as well and may or may not be equally reliable.
But how to sift through fact, fiction, and half-truths? There may not be a full-proof way, but the website
Politifact can help. This fact-checking political-based website, run in part by the St. Petersburg Times, is a way to educate and evaluate, with legitimate reasoning, coming from the country's talking heads.
With easy to use tabs, one can zero in on major politicians like President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and John Boehner. It is also possible to keep track of who has "flip-flopped" on an issue and by how much by using the Flip-O-Meter or what the score-card is on various Obama promises and policies using the Obama-Meter.
This is a great website for the politically-unsavvy or those just really wanting to be able to shut up that one windbag of a guy at the next office party.
Sergio del Limónar
