[lbo-talk] sucker punch

R rhisiart at charter.net
Fri Jun 4 21:29:44 PDT 2004


DATA DUMP #3 questionsquestions.net, 28 May 04

http://www.questionsquestions.net/datadump03.html

A short collection mostly of recent articles.

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Berlet vs. Griffin, the latest 'gatekeeper' spectacle

Amy Goodman has sucker-punched the 9/11 Truth Movement, having invited attack-dog John Foster "Chip" Berlet to impose his typical hatchet-jobs on top of her interview of David Ray Griffin, author of "The New Pearl Harbor". Following is an initial exchange of essays between the two.

Berlet attacks David Ray Griffin's New Pearl Harbor http://www.publiceye.org/conspire/Post911/dubious_claims.html Griffin responds to Berlet http://www.publiceye.org/conspire/Post911/Griffin1.html (comment: not only does Griffin demonstrate Berlet's absolutely mediocre or sometimes incompetent command of rhetorical logic, he points out a couple factual omission / misrepresentations, such as Berlet's evasion of the evidence concerning the scramble times and speed of fighter interceptors. With this, Berlet shows that he is not only a sophist hack but unmistakably a willful liar. Still, I have to say that Berlet is still giving Griffin rather more respect than he affords others).

Two articles by bob feldman concerning the financial sources behind John Foster Berlet and his organization: http://www.leftgatekeepers.com/articles/ChipBerletSponsoredByFordFoundationByBobFeldman120903.htm http://www.questionsquestions.net/feldman/feldman10.html one of the best all-around critiques of berlet is by Daniel Brandt, highly recommended: An Incorrect Political Memoir http://www.namebase.org/zipdir/ppost01.html Some additional comments on Berlet from 911 researcher Nico Haupt: http://inn.globalfreepress.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=286



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