CNN's Inaccurate Fact-Check on Romney

When journalists perform a fact check, the reader expects it will be, well...factual, or at least more accurate than the ad in question. Unfortunately, CNN's recent analysis by Howard Kurtz, which checks Mitt Romney's two negative ads against McCain and Huckabee, fulfills neither criteria. By their own standards, CNN not only failed to do enough research for this analysis, but they also made statements with questionable validity.

To start off, the CNN analysis questions Romney's accusation that McCain voted to let illegal immigrants stay in America permanently. It instead asserts that the legislation actually "would have required illegal immigrants to return to their home countries and pay a fine for breaking the law before applying for legal status."