A Working Suspicion
A Working Suspicion The eye can be fooled. The ear is a rental property. Both have been renovated by men who charge extra for the view. A photograph is a witness who can be bribed with Photoshop. A video is a confession edited by the defense. And a headline is a mousetrap baited with your own damn opinion. Learn to ask who profits. Who published it? Who paid for it? Who gets richer if you're frightened, who gets elected if you're furious, who gets to skip the evidence while you're busy sharpening the pitchfork? Check the date. Check the source. Find the original, not the screenshot of a screenshot of somebody's cousin who went to school with a guy who knows a woman at the Pentagon. Two outlets repeating one lie are not two independent witnesses. They're an echo with a publicist. And that blue checkmark? A tiny digital medal for the crime of looking official. Mild paranoia is a survival trait. The rabbit checks the hawk's shadow. The mark checks the contract. The...
