The politics of manipulation
Aug. 14th, 2006 11:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lurkittyI complained of cynicism the other day with respect to the timing of the revelation of the latest terrorist plot. As it turns out, it appears my cynicism was warranted. The Bush Administration had quite a hand in forcing the timing of the raid on the terrorist cell. The British authorities wanted to wait for more evidence (visas, for example). But the Americans pushed for earlier arrest.
What is more, according to an article in Media Matters, the American media have been less than eager to jump on the story. Despite the fact that the story was reported by NBC News, Pundit George Stephanopolous inferred that that it was simply a rumor on the internet.
Now we shall see what the media thinks of Seymour Hersh's latest impeccably researched revelation in the New Yorker: That the US helped orchestrated Israel's retaliation against Hezbollah as a prelude to a preemptive strike in Iran.
In his story, Hersh quotes an unnamed Western diplomat. I got chills with this line from the article: The crisis will really start at the end of August, the diplomat added, “when the Iranians”—under a United Nations deadline to stop uranium enrichment—“will say no.”
Make someone listen, please.
(cross posted to ljdemocrats)
What is more, according to an article in Media Matters, the American media have been less than eager to jump on the story. Despite the fact that the story was reported by NBC News, Pundit George Stephanopolous inferred that that it was simply a rumor on the internet.
Now we shall see what the media thinks of Seymour Hersh's latest impeccably researched revelation in the New Yorker: That the US helped orchestrated Israel's retaliation against Hezbollah as a prelude to a preemptive strike in Iran.
In his story, Hersh quotes an unnamed Western diplomat. I got chills with this line from the article: The crisis will really start at the end of August, the diplomat added, “when the Iranians”—under a United Nations deadline to stop uranium enrichment—“will say no.”
Make someone listen, please.
(cross posted to ljdemocrats)
