Upisdownism Makes A Comeback

by digby

It appears that virtually the entire right side of the political spectrum has chosen to disseminate an abject lie. It’s everywhere and it’s permeated the media to such an extent that until I signed on this morning and got around to reading the Washington Post even I didn’t know it was a lie — and I tend to pay attention to this stuff. (Imagine how this has slipped into the conventional wisdom among people who only casually tune in.)

Here it is: the British arrests prove that we need programs like the illegal wiretapping and further prove that the press has been irresponsible by reporting about such illegal secret programs. The truth is precisely the opposite. (Glenn will take you through the details.) The British and the Americans followed the laws of their respective countries that require warrants — and the terrorist plot carried on using telephones and bank transfers long after it was “revealed” in the press that the government was tracking communications and financial transactions.

This has been a memorable week of such deep spin swallowing among the press. The Lieberman loss has somehow been morphed into great news for the Republicans and the thwarting of the terrorist attacks in Britain using legal means supports the president’s absolute need to use illegal methods to stop terrorist attacks. We’re through the looking glass again people. Karl Rove is definitely back in the saddle.

(And the press corps breathes a huge sigh of relief — they hate having to report bad news for the GOP. Republicans make their lives a living hell when they do it.)

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