Here is another piece which is an intelligent discussion of the role of 'conspiracy theories' in today's media. And how the charge of being a 'conspiract theorist' is used to keep journalists in line and stop them investigating too deeply into corrupt institutions.
We are living in an age of 'groupthink' where people would rather be in the majority (and wrong) than in the minority (and - possibly - correct).
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/a...-cockburn/
We are living in an age of 'groupthink' where people would rather be in the majority (and wrong) than in the minority (and - possibly - correct).
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/a...-cockburn/