There’s an announcement of a terrorist plot on the Holland Tunnel – leaked by/to the Daily News. Then there are reports that this is old news, months old, and that the "leak" may be another political election year ploy. Is this a good leak [like Bush's authorizing the NIE leak to discredit Joseph Wilson (or more)] or is it a bad leak [like the NYT leaking the NSA Domestic Spying]? Is it a true leak, or a distorted leak designed to influence public opinion?
I don’t actually know any more than you do. But I must protest that the tactics of the Bush Administration and their steady manipulation of the flow of information has so undermined things that we never know how to take any story any more. I wish they hadn’t done that to us. I liked it back when I could think about the meaning of a story, rather than having to first wonder if it’s true or not – or even if it’s true, why is it being published now?…
Update: from emptywheel at The Next Hurrah.
Note to self: people who are telling the truth don’t "spin" stories.
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