Thursday, May 3, 2012

William Safire -- Lying and Beating the Drums of War

Why do people still trust the media? William Safire wrote a series of articles for the NY Times and elsewhere claiming that Iraq was behind the 9/11 attacks. No such link has ever been established, yet he had this incredible platform to a multitude of gullible people. He insisted that Mohammed Atta met with Iraqi intelligence in Prague, that we would find weapons of mass destruction, and that we would be greeted as liberators. All of this was proven false. Who is the Ultimate Enemy here?

Essay - The Ultimate Enemy - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com

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