A nice bluff metric....created by Washington Post Where possible, we will adopt the following standard in fact-checking the claims of a political candidate or interest group. One Pinocchio Some shading of the facts. Selective telling of the truth. Some omissions and exaggerations, but no outright falsehoods. Two Pinocchios Significant omissions and/or exaggerations. Some factual error may be involved but not necessarily. A politician can create a false, misleading impression by playing with words and using legalistic language that means little to ordinary people. Three Pinocchios Significant factual error and/or obvious contradictions. Four Pinocchios Whoppers. The Geppetto Checkmark Statements and claims that contain "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth" will be recognized with our prized Geppetto checkmark. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2007/09/about_the_fact_checker.html#pinocchio