How disappointing–I usually have great respect for Snopes, an invaluable resource for the rumour debunker. Tom Tomorrow, however, outlines how Snopes let politics get the better of them. The topic was Michael Moore’s assertion that Bush & Co. let members of the bin Laden family fly on the no-fly days immediately after September 11. Snopes bought the Bush line, said that was categorically false, and proceded to ream Moore a new one. Since this fact has since been proven true, Snopes was forced to recant (and, to give them their due, they apologized to Moore fully). But as Tom Tomorrow puts it:
See, when Michael says it, he’s a crazy truth-distorting axe-grinder. But when much of what he said turns out to be true, suddenly it’s “subjective political issues outside of the scope of this page.”