Wednesday, May 18, 2005

How To Kill The Messenger and Get Away With It

How To Kill The Messenger and Get Away With It

The initial report by Newsweek, in respect to the Koran being desecrated, is correct. It has happened and isn’t a new story. But it is a new chance for the White House to shift blame for their own failed policies to the media.

Media control is a big part of this administration. What’s the easiest way to discredit a truthful report? Easy, just offer a truthful statement that supports the story, and then lie about having told the truth in the first place. Then focus all the attention on the lie and claim the whole story is wrong.


The wingers ranting about Newsweek sound to me like OJ loudly proclaiming his innocence, when all he ever was "Not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt". But the principle of double jeopardy doesn't apply to the media and I strongly suspect new evidence will prove the point.


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