The difference between Pravda and the New York Times is that Pravda readers knew they were being lied to. The Times deceives its readers not so much by misreporting facts as by suppressing them. The result is a morally smug but often stunningly ignorant readership.
This thought occurred to me during a pre-interview for an Irish national radio program. The producer wanted to assure herself that I was sane enough to be on “The Moncrieff Report,” the program in question. The subject at hand was my new book, “TWA 800: The Crash, The Cover-Up, The Conspiracy.” How was it possible, she asked in a roundabout way, that I knew the solution to a “mystery” that eluded America’s major media? To put the answer in an Irish context, I told her about the year I spent in Galway, 1992-1993. At the time, there were two national radio stations in Ireland, both well produced.
For an author to get an hour of airtime, as Philip Nobile did on the day I was listening, was a major accomplishment. Nobile had a huge story to tell, and the European media knew it. ........ Read more
For an author to get an hour of airtime, as Philip Nobile did on the day I was listening, was a major accomplishment. Nobile had a huge story to tell, and the European media knew it. ........ Read more
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