Closer Look: Are BP, Donald Trump, and Alan Greenspan telling the truth?

[upstatecajun]

In today's overheated, mile-a-minute news environment, it's easy to get bamboozled.

Maybe it's a politician trying to advance an agenda by offering an argument that sounds good but doesn't hold up; maybe it's a corporate spinmeister putting out a line that does as much to mislead as to inform; maybe it's a public official trying to dodge blame through the use of selective facts. But whatever the source, it's clear that there's a whole lot of misinformation floating around out there--and that the media can't always keep up with it all.

That's where we come in. Today we're introducing Closer Look, a regular feature where we'll take claims that have gotten attention lately, and assess just how well they stand up to scrutiny. Then we'll assign each claim a level on our fancy-looking gauge, which runs from "air-tight" to "bogus."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110405/ts_yblog_thelookout/closer-look-are-bp-donald-trump-and-alan-greenspan-telling-the-truth




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[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Good little jpeg to have.

[Scuba]

2. Why would anyone suspect them of telling the truth? n/t