Is this good or simply pathetic news from Jake Tapper?
As you may know, we’re trying out some new things on THIS WEEK ...
This week we’ve invited Pulitzer Prize winning website PolitiFact to fact-check the newsmaker interviews featured on the program.
... starting this Sunday April 12, after the show, you can read Politifact’s fact checks on ABCNews.com/This Week and at Politifact.com.
Given that so much of the traditional media has devolved into nothing more than a platform for dueling talking points, this is obviously a long-overdue development ... although it would be a lot more meaningful if the fact-checking also took place on national television.
But of course the real story here is that today's journalists have strayed so far from their own code of ethics that fact-checking their work is so desperately needed.
So let's go with good and pathetic news.