Michigan Truth Squad has direct ties to anti-Proposal 3 funders DTE and Consumers Energy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan Friday, September 28, 2012Contact: Jessica Tramontana, 517.974.6302, jessica@progressmichigan.org DTE’s senior vice president sits on Truth Squad parent’s board of directors LANSING — The Michigan Truth Squad has a clear conflict of interest in analyzing television ads about Proposal 3 because it has direct financial and staff ties to the two…

Foul on the Truth Squad

The Michigan Truth Squad is a website that claims to “blow the whistle on false and misleading Michigan political speech.” The site labels ads on a sliding and subjective scale, from “flagrant foul,” to “technical foul” to “regular foul” to “warning” to “no foul.” But who’s really behind this website? The Truth Squad is a…