tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post2034311524306352062..comments2024-03-26T04:21:43.535-05:00Comments on Free Association: Well, Mr. Moore?Sheldon Richmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-20591103344266575552010-12-30T07:27:56.452-06:002010-12-30T07:27:56.452-06:00But Moore has given any good journalist enough inf...But Moore has given any good journalist enough information to check out his claims. I really don't see why a State Department hack is more believable than Moore.Sheldon Richmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-62689673227260993052010-12-30T01:01:52.249-06:002010-12-30T01:01:52.249-06:00At least the initial Guardian article cited its so...At least the initial Guardian article cited its source -- namely, the WikiLeaks cable. Its correction, in which it repeats what Moore says, cites no sources at all. But I'll bet Moore is the only one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-75638650605588435882010-12-30T00:57:01.900-06:002010-12-30T00:57:01.900-06:00Why should I believe Michael Moore any more than I...Why should I believe Michael Moore any more than I believe leaked diplomatic cables? If you're going to encourage us to be so paranoid that we start treating WikiLeaks as a conspiracy to get us to believe a bunch of false stuff, then, well, I don't know why we're taking idiot pills before listening to Michael Moore.<br /><br />You chastise the Guardian for failing to check the veracity of the cable. But have you checked the veracity of Moore's claims? After all, who has access to reliable information about what has and has not been aired on television in Cuba?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-21393993256472479342010-12-24T16:29:01.220-06:002010-12-24T16:29:01.220-06:00The State Department cable looks like disinformati...The State Department cable looks like disinformation. Disinformation intended for whom is hard to say, since the State Department presumably isn't especially engaged in disinforming itself.<br /><br />Much of the rest of the Wikileaked cables is subject to the same reservations that obviously apply to this cable. Wikileaks clearly has not handed us the "simple truth" on a platter, nor is it in any way their fault that they have not.<br /><br />The leaked cables remain valuable and informative, even if in many cases dubious.<br /><br />All information is propaganda, but...all propaganda is information.N. Joseph Pottsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-53471532573166833892010-12-20T15:43:22.587-06:002010-12-20T15:43:22.587-06:00Anything leaked by the U.S. govt needs to be check...Anything leaked by the U.S. govt needs to be checked to determine if it was intentionally leaked.ToryIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01545167079753601565noreply@blogger.com