[lbo-talk] Stone behind Fontgate?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Sep 21 14:30:58 PDT 2004


Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


>That would make a lot of sense. The memos did not reveal anything we did
>not know before, but they created an impression of Bush being "victimized"
>by "liberal" media.

It's quite clever - put out "fake" memos whose contents are fundamentally true, and when the docs themselves are revealed to be forgeries, it discredits the true content as well. The focus turns from signified to signifier.

Doug



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