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As interesting as Alan Fisher’s ‘Seal team six’ epistle is (9 May), I nonetheless shake my head with increased despair at our collective willingness to accept such information purely on face value. For a nation second only to Britain in terms of being anally retentive concerning security issues, am I the only one who finds America’s liberal use of the specific title ‘Seal team six’ completely at odds with their usual tight-lipped reference to any involvement of ‘special forces’, unless that is, it has been deemed to serve a significant and poignant propaganda purpose. The simple fact is that Alan Fisher is commenting upon what he has been fed by the media rather than via any significant inside information from the source itself (unless of course he’s willing to state otherwise?)
This is, basically speaking, the way of things. We bestow our trust upon the media to ferret out the absolute truth surrounding any given local, regional, national or indeed international issue and convey to us what we then perceive to be the absolute facts of the matter based upon their diligent endeavours. The sad reality, however, is that the likes of Mr Fisher are willing to pick up any baton with scant regard for its origin or authenticity and immediately thereafter run with it in a very public place.
Robert Rosamond
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