Like many who grew up in the Upper Delaware River valley, the mere mention of Gasland has grated on me like Roseanne Barr singing the national anthem. It’s not just the facts he got wrong or the truth he distorted. You expect that sort of thing from Josh Fox and it didn’t take long for Energy In Depth and several others to correct the record on the flaming Colorado faucet, Dunkard Creek and the rain rot present on some of the animals pictured. No, what was so offensive was the sheer arrogance, condescension and pretense that pervaded the movie from the very beginning.

Locals like me knew there was no $100,000 offer, knew Fox was never the owner of the land in question and knew he was anything but part of the community from which he claimed to spring. We knew the very premise of the movie was fake, from the start. But, truth always outs, eventually. Now it has in the form of a movie called, appropriately enough, Truthland. Moreover, the storyteller in this case isn’t a spoiled avant-garde showman from New York City pretending to be a country boy, but the real deal, a Susquehanna County mom, dairy farmer and teacher by the name of Shelly, who is everything Fox is not – sincere, honest and forthright, with a real stake in the future of our region.

http://eidmarcellus.org/marcellus-shale/truthland-the-gasland-antid...

Also, check out these links of Shelly and Dan Fitzsimmons commenting on Truthland:

http://eidmarcellus.org/marcellus-shale/shellys-truthland-experienc...

http://eidmarcellus.org/marcellus-shale/jlcnys-dan-fitzimmons-discu...