[laredo44]

See - your post is a perfect example of fact-checking in the blogosphere.

And -- check it out -- both posts mixed editorial sentiment in with the news content. Just like the networks.

[Notwithstanding]

A fact can be confirmed with or without editorial flavor.

FR has a reputation as being conservative. But that did not stop the entire WWW from learning (and largely acknowledging) that FReepers can make good fact checkers.