All of this Putin-phobia -- maybe justified -- is giving me a 1984 moment. He's starting to take on an Emmanuel Goldstein aura in the US. Disinformation expose

All of this Putin-phobia -- maybe justified -- is giving me a 1984 moment. He's starting to take on an Emmanuel Goldstein aura in the US. Disinformation exposes weaknesses in trust, it does not create them. Keep in mind the phrase, "Believe nothing you hear and only half of what you read", was popular before I was excreted from the bowels of the mid-20th century. The term "yellow journalism" pre-dates the 20th century. And while we can find some admirable examples where journalism discarded its proclaimed "focus on facts" to support a noble cause, and accelerate progress, a price had to be paid sometime down the road. Because once you break trust on the facts, people will naturally question when you will break trust on intent.