Reply #18: Great question.

[Skinner]

I have always said that the DU moderators are not the "truth police" and it is not their job to sort through and decide whose spin is fair and whose is not. You are wise to recognize that there are situations in political campaigns where "an event occurred and can be interpreted in a couple of different ways." That happens all the time, and I don't see it as our job to sort through it all. The message board medium is (to a degree) "self-correcting" and when someone posts something that is highly questionable or outright wrong, I would hope that others would post responses to set that person straight.

HOWEVER: If a person is maliciously spreading allegations that are simply false, we reserve the right to step in and make that person stop.

But I think everyone needs to understand that in the context of a political campaign "truth" can be a very subjective thing.