Swifter than truth: during the "Swift"-boat scandal, the press, supposedly being "balanced," helped spread lies. Anyone believe that the press has learned a lesson?(Media)
American Prospect, The, November, 2004 by Gitlin, Todd
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HISTORIANS OF THE MAD PAGEANT IN which Americans chose their president in 2004 will someday note with astonishment that the quote-unquote Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, many of its members inveterate liars more swift than truthful, succeeded in hijacking the presidential campaign for the better part of the month of August, nearly one-third of the total time left to John Kerry after his apparently triumphal convention.
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The story of how candidate Kerry miscalculated the explosive power of the Swifties' charges and thereby lost control of his campaign will someday be told, either ...
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