Reply #118: You wrote:

[Bragi]

Okay, you're getting a bit closer to a real argument, so we're making progress.

You wrote: If there was any hyperbole put out on this story it came from the media trying to one up each other.

Okay, so that does constitute asserted evidence, which can be part of an argument. The problem here is that I believe the asserted evidence is untrue. The misinformation that has resulted in the continuous unraveling of the official storyline since Sunday was provided to media by administration spokespeople.

See http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/04/osama-bin-laden-killing-us-story-change

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/white-house-osama-bin-laden-wife-died-as-human-shield-13511717

etc.