[mburbank]

Simply; one of them is lying.

I don't see a way to determine which one. Both scenarios strike me as plausible. The 'burden of proof' doesn't apply here, no one is on trial. It's a small issue. I think anyone who believes it's clear which one of them is lieing (or stretching, or forgetting) is being silly.

I want Moore to be telling the truth, I want him to be right, I'm on Moores side, but that doesn't mean I can't see perfectly clearly that this is just one persons word against another.

Each one is basically saying the other is jerk, a hypocrite and a liar. Does it come as any surprise that each of them would think that about the other?