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“I think we may have had an impact earlier in the campaign, but now we don’t seem to be having much of one.”

– Viveca Novak of FactCheck.org, talking to Slate in a piece examining the increasing amount of lies, distortions, and abuses in the campaign ads and speeches of presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. Novak’s conclusion was echoed in a series of press reports last week.

Source: Slate, Sep. 10.

For more information, see: Related Newsline story, Sep. 15 — Washington Post, Sep. 10 — New York Times, Sep. 10.