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Decomposing Conspiracy Theory Lurches Back to Life

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iceweasel10/07/2009 12:23:12 pm PDT

re: #134 tradewind

Really… the WSJ?
I’m guessing you mean one of their columnists, not editorially. Who did that?


newsweek.com

Some of the stories are nothing more than the cut and thrust of responsible news coverage. But all along, others have seemed determinedly partisan. There is continued grumbling from The Wall Street Journal editorial page, whose stinging criticism apparently contributed to Foster’s depression (“WSJ editors lie without consequence,” he complained in his note). There’s a steady stream of innuendo from conservative New York Times columnist William Safire, who implied at one point that “intelligence matters” might have had something to do with the suicide. And on another level entirely, there is the florid hype and fantasy of the tabloids, designed more to entertain than inform. Some of the most raucous of those excesses have come from overseas.