Fact-checking has to be one of the most important jobs a journalist must do, which is why it’s so sad to see what actually passes for “journalism” these days — especially of the variety that comes from Fox News. Of course, mistakes happen. In extreme cases, the facts might never be known, but to report facts that aren’t merely incorrect but are, in fact, bald-faced lies, is going to quite the extreme. In a particularly defamatory segment, Fox News couldn’t have produced a more libelous statement than what they had to report about the game “Mass Effect”.

This past week saw the launch of “Halo 3″ — the hotly anticipated, long awaited, final chapter in the “Halo” trilogy. While I’ve never really been all that interested in “Halo”, what I am very interested in is what this means for the future of the Xbox 360. I mean, this was it… this was what everyone was waiting for. “Halo 3″ was The Big Kahuna — the Xbox 360’s killer app. If anyone had been putting off the purchase of the Xbox 360 until the day “Halo 3″ launched, Tuesday, September 25, was it.