on politics is Spinsanity – Countering rhetoric with reason. These guys, Ben Fritz and Brendan Nyhan, take on the left and the right with equal relish whenever and wherever they see defective reasoning or distortions of fact. They’re pretty busy. Here’s a bit about Enron:
In the ongoing rhetorical war over Enron, both sides seem to be trying to establish false tropes and hoping they’ll work their way into the mainstream. Senator Ernest “Fritz” Hollings (D-SC) did it last week when he falsely alleged that Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill and Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels had been on the company’s payroll. And now two conservatives are falsely stating that former Enron CEO Ken Lay was an overnight guest in the Clinton White House.
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