Atul Gawande/Richard Preston on Trees/Brooks Jackson on Spin, Jesse Larner on Michael Moore

Ross Reynolds
05/28/2007 at 12:00 p.m.

What tools can we use to see through the spin of politics and advertising. Today on The Conversation, we'll have some tips from the co–founder of web site Fact Check dot org. Also, film maker Michael Moore has always been a punching bag for conservative critics. We'll hear from a left liberal author who says Michael Moore contain outlandish falsehoods. Today we'll find out how to climb the world's tallest trees, and what you find when you get up there. We'll hear from a MacArthur genius who is a surgeon and a reporter for The New Yorker on why diligence is a neglected virtue. And we'll learn why the leaders of China are so insecure from a woman who's spent her entire career observing them.