Obama's response to bad information

This election, just as any other, is riddled with negative advertising, biased analysis, even some untrue reports.

The Obama campaign has been running an anti-smear website for some time, called FightTheSmears.com.

With the campaign's countless millions it can't seem to spend quickly enough, this may be its smartest investment.

Still, repudiating claims saying they lack evidence, while presenting little or no evidence to the contrary isn't exactly trustworthy either. The site does offer some good evidence in certain instances by citing credible news outlets, but any smart citizen would realize the site still requires fact checking.

I wonder if this is the first campaign-financed anti-smear website. I haven't heard anything about John McCain having anything similar, but that doesn't mean he doesn't. Does anybody know if he has a similar site too?