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Octafish

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20. Libel is worse than lying. Libel is a lie that sticks around.

Reply to leveymg (Reply #5)

Thu May 16, 2013, 07:46 PM

May 2013

The truth is the only time that CounterPunch mentions Alex Jones is to make fun of him. There are no articles authored by him, as I can find by a search of the its archives and through GOOGLE and Metacrawler.

Another important fact: the founder of CounterPunch, the late Alexander Cockburn, who wrote one of the best columns ever carried by The Nation, "Beat the Devil," actually hated "conspiracy theorists." For example, Cockburn, himself, publicly stated he thought Oswald was the lone assassin responsible for murdering President Kennedy. So, I have a problem with that.

I have a problem with smearing Alex Jones because, while I don't agree with the guy or his guests on a lot of things, there are some guests and topics that have not been heard anywhere else. More importantly, he has the right to state what he wants to say, even if I don't agree with it. Dogs can't read.

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The Government’s War on the Press [View all] Octafish May 2013 OP

Counterpunch, where truthy meets Alex Jones snooper2 May 2013 #1

Nice knee-jerk; shows what you know. CounterPunch publishes Coleen Rowley... Octafish May 2013 #3

"Alex Jones" is just the newest way of calling someone a "Commie." leveymg May 2013 #5

No, not really... snooper2 May 2013 #8

Libel is worse than lying. Libel is a lie that sticks around. Octafish May 2013 #20

Safety in numbers RobertEarl May 2013 #2

Same for you, RobertEarl. Interesting, indeed. Octafish May 2013 #4

This a great place RobertEarl May 2013 #6

As a sidelight, it's interesting to learn of the corruption of the fbi during the Free Speech Move- byeya May 2013 #7

''Subversives: The FBI’s War on Student Radicals, and Reagan’s Rise to Power'' Octafish May 2013 #9

"it's worse than you think and they are out to get you"...I learned a lot I didn't know byeya May 2013 #10

Not even U.S. SENATORs can talk about what the Federal Government is doing to the American people. Octafish May 2013 #11

Now suppose you use all that intelligence gained from universal spying for personal gain? Octafish May 2013 #16

Here's the unresolved question, for me, in all this. Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2013 #12

Here's my two centavos: Under J.Edgar Hoover the fbi gathered all sorts of information sometimes byeya May 2013 #13

Seeing how no one has gone to jail after lying America into an illegal and unnecessary war... Octafish May 2013 #14

The corrosive effect of the anonymous source upon investigative reporting... MinM May 2013 #15

The "investigative" journalism based on an anonymous source is important to the 1% byeya May 2013 #17

Agree wholeheartedly with Mr. Pitt. That is a separate issue, from my POV. Octafish May 2013 #18

I could have gone a little longer w/o hearing the name of Colin "What Me Lie" Powell's foul byeya May 2013 #22

Good point. MinM May 2013 #23

And I have to log in to give this a fifth recommend BelgianMadCow May 2013 #19

Thank you for noticing. Perhaps some DUers are worried about making the wrong association... Octafish May 2013 #21