Remember a recruiters job is to manipulate information presented in such a way to have a favorable effect towards you joining the organization. They don't always have/ give the complete picture, or cherry pick information and gloss over favorable aspects of their competitors as well as negative aspects of their own organization.

Recruiters sometimes don't know what they're talking about, and sometimes they knowingly give false information (you can hear thousands of stories from the military folks). I know of a company where the pilot recruiter promised new hires a pay raise X period of time after completing training that the company isn't delivering on. Not sure whether the recruiter was peddling false information, the company re-negged on the deal or what but the bottom line is that there's no additional money that was promised, some ****ed off employees and a recruiter that no longer has their position.

Bottom line: Trust anything a recruiter says through verification with individuals at the target company if possible to get the real story.