So said Aeschylus. Eric of Classical Values confronts this maxim in "The moral equivalency of fake phonies and phony fakes." At issue here is whether or not a source the Associated Press has been relying on, a man by the name of Jamil Hussein who claims to be an Iraqi police captain, even exists. Jeff Goldstein explains the dynamics well:
Whether this narrative is the product of willful distortion or merely the laziness that comes with being fed stories that match your preconceptions is, in effect, beside the point--though the former is clearly more despicable, and, should it prove to be the case, has the practical effect of undermining a representative democracy that can only work properly if citizens are being given accurate accountings of events by those purporting to do so.
Indeed. Be sure to read the story.
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