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From: David Stodolsky <>
Subject: Re: Under the Premise that Knowledge Is Power:
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 14:21:19 +0200

On 18 Sep 2005, at 10:03,  wrote:

> As an apparent rebuttal to my post, you cite and quote from an  
> article  by
> David Corn.
>
>  : - )
>
> Having read some some of Corn in the past, I am reminded yet again   
> what a
> tainted influence he is for discerning truth from BS.   His  
> objective, for
> whatever his motivation (while I have a good  hunch), is to  
> discredit Ruppert and
> others.  His means are whatever it  takes for his intended  
> audience / victims.
> Slight-of-hand half  truths, mischaracterizations &  
> misrepresentations (i.e.,
> BS) is  fine with him.  I'll point out a simple example of it in a   
> minute
> that requires little background, but his long attempt in that   
> piece at smearing
> Ruppert's super credibility with  Vreeland's near total lack of  
> credibility
> is humorous and ironic. Corn  gives Vreeland a run for his money as  
> a BS
> artists. : - )

Corn works for the Nation, which double fact checks everything they  
publish. Ruppert seems to be making money from his web site, that  
promotes a 9/11 conspiracy theory; a popular, but unsupported "Peak  
Oil" hypothesis; etc.


>
> But while I'm thinking of it, you quoted the following from Corn:
>
> "Ruppert is not a reporter. He mostly assembles facts--or   purported
> facts--from various news sources and then makes  connections."
>
> Ruppert is what he says he is.

For those willing to crawl down the hole, U.S. investigative  
journalism has its own Morpheus, and his name is Michael Ruppert.

<http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/091505_world_stories.shtml#1>



> Corn's not.  Interestingly,  however, David
> Ray Griffin fits the above bill by his own admission.   I would  
> suggest you
> read his book too. I know you are an adherent of  logic.

To reach a valid conclusion, requires both facts and logic. Facts are  
best obtained from primary sources. Neither Ruppert nor Griffin seem  
to appreciate this.


dss


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