tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post115547787635877066..comments2024-03-29T02:03:49.151-04:00Comments on History Unfolding: Information warfare againDavid Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020082243968071584noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-1155502097690409552006-08-13T16:48:00.000-04:002006-08-13T16:48:00.000-04:00"Karl Rove, but this has never been confirmed—told..."Karl Rove, but this has never been confirmed—told Ron Suskind that he, Suskind, belonged to “the reality-based community,” which habitually analyzed the day’s events carefully and judiciously to reach a reasonable conclusion. “But we’re an empire now,” the official said, “and we create our own reality.” Some months after that, I heard indirectly that Rove had told a reporter that the truth was what he said it was, and that if he could convince 51% of the American people he was right that was all that mattered"<BR/><BR/>Hello David,<BR/><BR/>I might suggest that perhaps such a thing has not been confirmed because in reality, Rove never made such a statement ( a catchy line like that would bear repeating). Just like Rove was not the widely assumed central villain in the Plame drama. <BR/><BR/>If for no other reason than Rove's operational worldview in dealing with the media, I have difficulty imagining him making that kind of statement to a reporter, even off the record, particularly if Rove believed it to be true. <BR/><BR/>Reporters have been known, on occasion, to paraphrase and meld multiple anonymous sources into one representational one. Particularly after the editing process has massaged their story.markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283319657103608208noreply@blogger.com