Based on the positive feedback yesterday on the post praising CNN's story on McCain's misleading statements about Obama's tax plan, we, the TPM Community will be granting each day an award for Accuracy in Journalism named for Edward R. Murrow which, to distinguish it from the many other awards named for the legendary dean of CBS News, we are calling The Eddie.

Use this thread to offer your nominations throughout the day.  We will close out nominations toward the end of the afternoon and award to the organization or individual who, for today at least, met the standard for journalistic accuracy that is...The Eddie.

Definition of accuracy (from Dictionary.Com):

The condition or quality of being true, correct, or exact; freedom from error or defect; precision or exactness; correctness.

Our criteria for the award: To be awarded to journalists or journalistic organizations who consistently demonstrate in the performance of their duties that they value educating the public over generating higher ratings or sales and that they are willing to take the heat from the campaigns by calling out departures from fact versus taking the easy route and merely repeating a lie they have heard.

Some suggested guidelines:

• Checking on what a candidate says about their opponent and including the truth along with the accusation
  
• Holding candidates responsible for what they said yesterday, not just reporting what they say today
• Pointing out in interviews with a candidate to their face when a statement is false, misleading or and/or more true of their own campaign than that of their opponent

Questions:

• Can an Eddie go to the same organization or individual in successive days?  Yes.
• Can we go a day without an Eddie if no one meets the standard?  Yes.