The A1 Verse: Speaking “truth” to power
By Thomas Gaulkin | January 11, 2021
Illustration by Thomas Gaulkin / Vectorstock
Every so often, a story published on the front page of the New York Times is so well written, meaningful, and appropriate to the Bulletin’s concerns that small snippets of it, properly chosen and arranged, produce something more than journalism, something that approaches … poetry. That blessed coincidence occurred January 11, 2021.
We suspect it’ll occur again.
How Leaders Bend Reality With Big Lies
(from the original by Andrew Higgins)
C A B L E – – – – – – TO: POWER (STRANGE AND DISTURBING) ANYTHING, NO MATTER HOW UNTRUE, BECOMES TRUE. ALL THE POWERS OF TRUTH HAUNTING AMERICA : LYING RECOMMENDED ! LIE WHEN TELLING THE TRUTH ! PEOPLE DON’T LIKE BEING LIED TO, BUT ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE DECEIVED. TO BE CONTINUED * * *
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Keywords: Disinformation, Donald Trump, The A1 Verse, lies, truth
Topics: Special Topics
Thomas Gaulkin
Thomas Gaulkin is multimedia editor at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Prior to joining the Bulletin in 2018, he spent the... Read More
“Make the lie big, but keep it simple.” – Joseph Goebbels