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YOU DON?T SAY: New York Times: ?As my colleagues Campbell Robertson, Justin Gillis and I reported ?

By Glenn Reynolds

YOU DON’T SAY: New York Times: “As my colleagues Campbell Robertson, Justin Gillis and I reported on reaction, scientific and otherwise, to a government report on the fate of the oil in the gulf, it emerged that the Obama administration faced something of a credibility gap in conveying its findings to some gulf residents, environmental groups and even scientists.”

Meanwhile, Lou Dolinar notes that much of what we were told about the oil spill wasn’t true:

Careful studies have revealed that the media-beloved ?giant underwater oil plumes? have disappeared or maybe never existed in the first place. You can also forget about methane tsunamis, an ?extinction-level event,? killer oil-laced hurricanes, and vast governmental conspiracies.

Meanwhile, parts of the Gulf have reopened for fishing and shrimping, and the EPA is expediting testing of the rest of it. The administration has even indicated that it?s considering an early end to its drilling moratorium.

Of course, they don’t mention the aliens. . . . .

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on August 07, 2010 (boomark / email).