(Daily Howler) Where Does Disinformation Come From?

[Uncle Joe]

http://dailyhowler.com/

"WHERE DOES DISINFORMATION COME FROM: Where does disinformation come from? Consider Bart Gellman’s short report atop page 12 in this morning’s Post. Here’s the headline, which helps to spread the latest RNC phony info:

WASHINGTON POST HEADLINE (12/22/05): Carter, Clinton Authorized Spying, RNC Says
Note: We’re using the headline from our Post hard copy, not the one at the paper’s web site.

You’re right. Technically, that headline doesn’t actually claim that Carter and Clinton “authorized spying.” It only states that the RNC says so. Of course, Gellman knew how bogus that claim really is. But you had to read all the way to his final paragraph to ferret out that information:

GELLMAN (12/22/05): The RNC's quotation of Clinton's order left out the stated requirement, in the same sentence, that a warrantless search not involve "the premises, information, material, or property of a United States person." Carter's order, also in the same sentence quoted, said warrantless eavesdropping could not include "any communication to which a United States person is a party."


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This is an example of subliminal disinformation. Click on link at top for full column.

[rman]

1. "subliminal disinformation". very nice,

thanks