Contradiction as News
April 21, 2017
One cable news channel had the following back-to-back reports yesterday: (1) the Trump administration is preparing to prosecute Julian Assange for the truthful government secrets allegedly made available by WikiLeaks; (2) an organization in New York is seeking to promote transparency in government. Perhaps the news channel management thought that putting these two stories together would suffice to show the ongoing war against truth that passes for information in our world.
Butler Shaffer was Professor Emeritus at Southwestern University School of Law. He is the author of In Restraint of Trade: The Business Campaign Against Competition, 1918–1938, Calculated Chaos: Institutional Threats to Peace and Human Survival, and Boundaries of Order. His latest book is The Wizards of Ozymandias.
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