Whenever I speak about the future of media, I get the most positive reaction when I talk about the urgent need to create an online tool that makes it possible to instantly fact-check politicians and commentators as they speak (a bubble pops up, containing the actual facts supporting or contradicting what's been said). Truth 2.0.
PolitiFact is a great idea, but Huffington's right that if it minces words about its own findings, its value will be severely diminished. There are probably legal reasons why PolitiFact's owners (The St Petersburg Times) don't want to take on Halliburton or BP, but surely an artful way can be constructed for a news organization to say something along the lines of "This hasn't been proven in court, but it sure looks true to us so far."
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