McCarthyism

The world can be a scary place, especially after reading this essay Orson Scott Card writes about journalists who are lying to us. Flat out lying. Really, a lot of this isn't terribly surprising. The French press lied about Israel. Well, they hate Israel, so that's understandable. The same for the Palestinians who staged the murder. And the fact that an American reporter twisted a quote to serve his purpose isn't surprising. but being presented with this concrete evidence and having the consequences laid out before you is scary. It's easy to just put it off when you're reading the newspaper. But Card has pieced it all together and opened my eyes to the implications. The press can destroy lives with the power they have. That is scary.