The Times-News of Twin Falls (Idaho) gives a page-one fact-check to a press release from U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo. The paper’s verdict: “The release is accurate, although much of the data is represented to look scarier than it might actually be.”
Could Your Press Release Survive This?
Denver Public Relations Blog 
Press Releases such as this are of course designed to broadcast a particular spin on events. But relying too much on hyperbole will get you found out eventually, so it’s best to be careful