Truth vs. fiction -- who cares?

Ron Avitzur pointed me to this item from Bob Park:

The American Association of Petroleum Geologists is presenting its annual journalism award to novelist Michael Crichton for "State of Fear," a fictional story in which global warming is not for real. AAPG was presumably unable to find a journalist sufficiently divorced from reality to meet oil company standards.

From a New York Times article:

"It is fiction," conceded Larry Nation, communications director for the association. "But it has the absolute ring of truth."

I've added a new category: truthiness. I think this qualifies.