Reply #138: Is Massey a plant?

[ignatzmouse]

Perhaps we won't know the truth until Massey responds further, but this was my take on reading the article and other published interviews with the guy. The obvious inarticulate simplicity and sloppiness of his statements seem almost designed to set up the media and anti-war movement in order to discredit them. A bit like the bait served up to Rather. If so, the counter argument is simply that the corporate media were gung-ho dupes who failed to question the claims and aims of this administration going into war, so if they're not fact-checking falsehoods, they are simply continuing a proud tradition. Both in supporting falsehoods and in being duped by them, the press continues to serve the wider intentions of the disinformation brokers.