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• s  plausible but false
  a specious claim
• s  based on pretense; deceptively pleasing

• Some critics dismiss Franklin's assertion that there never was a good war, or a bad peace as specious and cite the war against Nazis as proof.
• With her latest album breaking many records, it does look like that her fans have forgiven her abrasive nature and sometimes specious art.
• There are many self deceptions among the calorie conscious, not the least among which is the specious notion that frozen yogurt comes with acceptable calories.

• spurious
• gilded
• meretricious

News & Articles

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• Death By Lawsuit: SCO Resurrects And Insanity Is Restored
  If ever we needed confirmation that markets, not courtrooms, should decide the technologies we use, witness SCO Group's reborn dream to sue all of UNIX-dom into its wallet. It was a specious lawsuit in 2003 when SCO Group (now Xinuos) first launched its $1 billion broadside against IBM . It's even more farcical today. Sadly, it's not clear that the legal fights between Apple and Samsung, or ...
  June 17, 2013 - ReadWriteWeb

Quotes

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• Chris Brown in AngryApe
  But Mark Geragos - lawyer for Chris - says in a statement: "This is a specious and frivolous lawsuit by one of the paparazzi seeking publicity and a payday."
• Chris Dodd in Seattle Post Intelligencer
  That's a specious argument,Dodd said, adding there are plenty of capable people "who would welcome the chance to do the job and wind down the company."
• John McCain in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Republican Sen. John McCain said the ruling "ended forever the specious argument that the Second Amendment did not confer an individual right to keep and bear arms."