Saturday, June 19th, 2010
Author: ANGIE DROBNIC HOLAN
Source: PolitiFact.com
Publication Date: Friday, June 18th, 2010 at 6:18 p.m.
Link: Fact-checking the Oil Spill
Stephan: The outright lies, distortions and half truths about the catastrophe in the Gulf are so thick it is hard to make out what is actually happening. In the interest of clarity here is a non-partisan assessment.
Friday marked the 60th day since the Deepwater Horizon rig began hemorrhaging oil into the Gulf of Mexico, and the topic took up much of our fact-checking efforts this week.
Here’s a summary of our latest fact-checks on statements made about the oil spill. You can read all of our fact-checks on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on our oil spill page.