Thats it! We are so had. Bush has sole authority to impose Martial Law, page 5

Originally posted by vuoto
Here's an example of a disinformation campaign:

Notice the quote in the very first post in this thread. It talks about George Bush and "Marshall Law" and an executive order.

If you were to read this, the first thing that comes to mind is that the author of this quote is an idiot. He doesn't know how to spell "martial law" for one thing. But here's the interesting part:

Go to the Capital Hill Blue web page and read the actual post that's "quoted in "goose"'s thread-starter. Notice that not only is "Martial Law" spelled correctly, but the grammar is correct and the article takes on a completely different tone. If you look up the page in Google Cache, you'll find that the original story was nothing like goose's "quote". Why was it changed?

Doug Thompson, the publisher of Capital Hill Blue, is a skilled writer. His articles, and his entire magazine, are clear, thorough, and persuasive. Why would someone quote one of Mr. Thompson's commentaries, changing spelling and grammar to make it sound like it was written by a moron?

I checked through the article and the "quote". It would have taken a fair amount of time to make the changes that appear. Did "goose" make these changes or did he get an email with the quote from the real source of the disinfo.

This is the way the Right plays the game. Take an incisive article that shows the dangers of the Bush presidency and change it to make the author appear foolish. Paint a decorated war hero like John Murtha as a coward and traitor. Say that George Bush is a brave patriot because he wears a flight jacket and talks tough. This is the way it's done.

Oh my, my, you might be onto something except when I copied it from the website it was indeed, written exactly like that, and they later corrected it. I also know how to spell, but since it was spelled like that, I assumed maybe the original writer of this law might have been named Marshall and they had done their research back that far. I also assumed maybe people actually had been mispelling it by filling in with the word that sounded the same and had the correct meaning. What I quoted was not changed in any way, that is exactly how it appeared on the webpage then.

I assumed that I had to be wrong and that Thompson was correct. Which is exactly what I said when someone pointed out my spelling mistake on the first page of this thread, note that I mention the value of the article was far more important than any spelling mistake.

If you had bothered researching and reading any of my other posts here, before making this absurd suggestion that I am some sort of disinformation agent, you might have noticed I have nothing but disgust for the majority of The Bush Administration's actions and have stated that here many times.

Sorry about the spelling I usually do spell it the correct way but since that was the way it was in the article I assumed I was wrong, but still its not that bigger deal unless you want to dismiss the whole article due to some bad spelling.[quote/]

edited by goose to fix quotes

[edit on 10-3-2006 by goose]