Monday, July 7, 2014

Purveyors of Misinformation & Disinformation: Media Weasels

ISIS Map Getting a Lot of Attention 
(And, for the wrong reasons)

This post comes from here (and it has good links therein). 

Conspiracy and right wing nuts, being goaded by some media along with the standard flare of GOPer war hawks: the Cheney’s, William Kristol, John McCain, and Lindsey Graham, et al, and of course “paid contributors and consultants who opine on FOX," are all about to ramp up and get ready to again light the fuse and fan the flames for what appears to be what they see as WW III in the Middle East. 

They of course will want the U.S. to take the lead, even though most of them never served a day in combat, let alone ever wore the uniform (except McCain perhaps). Yet, they thrive on the crap in the story. They will start milking it and the maps depicted in the story for all it's worth, and to them, well, it’s worth plenty. 

Finally, I would ask everyone to carefully follow this story and the hype that surely will follow. Then ask yourself: "How gullible are we, really."  

I mean gullible like the run up to the invasion of Iraq. We may find out sooner than we think. Stay tuned.

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