Bloomberg: I never cease to be amazed how people with an agenda massage facts, or omit them, in order to support their cause.
It comes up in the investing world, where these agendas often lead to money-losing decisions. Being able to detect this sort of nonsense is good over the long run for your investment portfolio.
I was reminded of this recently when I read a report from the American Action Forum. The report says that just five year ago the market value of the four biggest coal companies was more...