Just The Facts

Following up on the talking-to that Paul Begala gave to the media on CNN the other day (our post yesterday at 12:08), he has this post at Huffington. He's right that "subjective" arguments (whether a candidate is more compassionate, whether a candidate identifies with voters, etc.) can be debated with the media looking on. But facts should not be debatable (is the earth flat or not?), and that's where the mavericky mainstream media is falling down on the job by not calling out candidates that don't stick to the facts (bridge to nowhere, turned down pork barrel money, etc.) - - what most people would call "lying."