Comments on: Terror plot: Are US sources more reliable? http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/fleetstreet/2006/08/18/terror-plot-are-us-sources-more-reliable/ Signposts to journalism's future from Press Gazette Wed, 16 May 2012 22:56:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Watching Them, Watching Us http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/fleetstreet/2006/08/18/terror-plot-are-us-sources-more-reliable/#comment-19883 Watching Them, Watching Us Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:35:03 +0000 http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/dog/2006/08/18/terror-plot-are-us-sources-more-reliable/#comment-19883 Are sceptical consumers of mainstream media reports meant to believe in the "reliability" of: A report in the British press quoting a US TV network report quoting an anonymous US intelligence or law enforcemnet official quoting a British Government liason officer quoting a British intelligence or agency or Police force quoting the terrorist case invesitgation team quoting specialist forensic investigators ? Why should there not be misinformation or selective misquoting and misintepretation at each stage of this series of Chinese Whispers ? Or are the "US sources" or "Pakistani sources" really misdirection for "UK sources" in the first place ? If we are sceptical, is it any wonder that sections of the Islamic communities totally dismiss any possible guilt of any of the suspects, and believe in various conspiracy theories ? Why does the British press and media not pressure the Home Office to deny or quash the speculation about "liquid explosives", instead of hyping things up and creating a "Climate of Fear" ? Are sceptical consumers of mainstream media reports meant to believe in the “reliability” of:

A report in the British press
quoting a US TV network report
quoting an anonymous US intelligence or law enforcemnet official
quoting a British Government liason officer
quoting a British intelligence or agency or Police force
quoting the terrorist case invesitgation team
quoting specialist forensic investigators

?

Why should there not be misinformation or selective misquoting and misintepretation at each stage of this series of Chinese Whispers ?

Or are the “US sources” or “Pakistani sources” really misdirection for “UK sources” in the first place ?

If we are sceptical, is it any wonder that sections of the Islamic communities totally dismiss any possible guilt of any of the suspects, and believe in various conspiracy theories ?

Why does the British press and media not pressure the Home Office to deny or quash the speculation about “liquid explosives”, instead of hyping things up and creating a “Climate of Fear” ?

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