PolitiFact exists to monitor and check what politicians and public officials spew from their mouths for veracity. It’s quite the nice service — ferreting out truth and lies in politics.
From campaign promises to press conference quotes to unsubstantiated assertions, PolitiFact is there to verify. And today, friends, it achieved its zenith. Why? Because their mission was to find out if someone involved in the collective bargaining protests in Columbus on February 22nd pooped in the statehouse. This is journalism at its most noble.
Grab a plastic bag and your Sherlock Holmes hat and join us in their investigation.
This article appears in Feb 23 – Mar 1, 2011.
