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It's always difficult, if not impossible, to know when news stories are genuine, and when they are disinformation. Arnaud de Borchgrave, Editor-at-Large of the Washington Times, whatever that means, is the author of several well-written action thrillers on the topic, including "The Spike." Of course, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and others, have similar predilictions. I've been trying to follow this particular story all day by monitoring the Straits Times, the South China Morning Post, BBC, AP, UPI,CNN, and Reuters, and have concluded that publications other than the Washington Times are reluctant to pick this story up. Why? Was it a plant? I am guessing that Straits Times and South China Morning Post are afraid of rocking the boat, and the news services may have an agenda, like hoping that China gets admitted to the WTO, or gets permanent trading status, but how could one know? In the meantime, the last time I checked, the story hadn't received very wide dissemination, despite being broken 2/28/00, as the Washington Times has an early "bedtime." |
