Is there a source site for truths that have been obfuscated?

[libertypirate]

I was listening to the interview with Klien on AAR Franklin. They brought the Clinton holding up airport traffic to get a hair cut. It would nice to be able to have a source site that can get at the root of all the BS.

Thanks

Wayne

[TalkingDog]

1. snopes springs to mind

snopes.com Although it's mostly about urban legends and e-legends.

Others may have other sources

For news that has been "scrubbed" check out the Memory Hole.

[catnhatnh]

2. Just like the old Palmolive commercial says...

..."You're soaking in it..."

[kliljedahl]

3. Here are a few

http://www.truthorfiction.com

http://www.snopes.com

And this one I use the most:
http://urbanlegends.about.com


Keith’s Barbeque Central

[kliljedahl]

4. How about this from Dee Dee Myers

The president is here in Los Angeles and he gets a haircut from Christophe in May <1993>. And the press finds out about it. Did you know you had a PR disaster in the making?

No. God, I sound like a complete idiot, all the things that I didn't see coming. The president was here in Los Angeles. Christophe had cut his hair a few times during the campaign. He was friend through Harry and Linda Thomason, delightful guy, really nice person. Of course he'd be happy to cut the president's hair. So he jumps on the plane -- the plane is sitting on the tarmac. And he gets his haircut. He's really kind of jolly. You know, hi, he's had a good trip to L.A. He loves California. He's out here.

And for the first time, maybe the second time of his entire presidency, he decides to take a trip back to visit the press, sitting in the press cabin on Air Force One, which he never does. So, he goes back there and says hello. Five minutes, you know. Wasn't it great to be here in California? He leaves. I believe it was John King who was then with the AP. He said "Did he just get his hair cut?" And, you know, what am I going to say? I said, "Yeah, he did." "And was that the guy we saw going down the back stairs of the plane, the long hair, that guy that used to be around the campaign sometimes?" "Yeah."

So, you know, he's like "This is funny. Oh, this is great." So I think John puts something on the AP that said that Clinton had gotten his hair cut. Well somebody called the FAA or something. Some unnamed source at the FAA said, "Yeah, delayed aircraft," which became "delayed aircraft all over the country" which never was really true. And so did I think I had a big problem? The president got his hair cut on Air Force One. What's the problem with that? Okay. It's not a great idea maybe to have this sort of high priced Beverly Hills coiffure. We just won a populist campaign, not a great idea. But it's not the end of the world. I mean who cares?

Here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/clinton/interviews/myers2.html


Keith’s Barbeque Central

[IndyOp]

5. I would add...

The Memory Hole
<http://www.thememoryhole.org/>

Information Clearinghouse
<http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/>

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
<http://www.fair.org/index.php>

Media Matters
<http://mediamatters.org/>

Free Press
<http://www.freepress.net/>

Columbia Journalism Review
<http://www.cjr.org/>

[Roland99]

6. what about factcheck.org?