Thursday, July 20, 2006

It's Better When you Don't have to Make it Up


The US State Department offers advice on deconstructing news stories to separate "conspiracy theory" from journalism.
Does the story claim that vast, powerful, evil forces are secretly manipulating events? If so, this fits the profile of a conspiracy theory.

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The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.

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