Sunday, January 11, 2009

Don’t like what you hear? Make up your own truth.

I’m half watching Dick Cheney being interviewed by Wolf Blitzer, and you know, I find I can’t believe a word he says.

You should read Matt Taibbi‘s The Great Derangement. I thought the account of his infiltration of John Hagee’s church would be the part I’d relish most, but it’s all really good. How is it related to this blunt assessment of Cheney’s credibility? Taibbi, after meeting with 9/11 truthers, after ridiculing them in print, comes to a conclusion that it’s only natural after being spun so often and so violently that we’re falling-on-the-floor dizzy. We start making up our own truth.

Bonus link: Taibbi on Sarah Palin.