Episode 1092 • • 6:24 - 11:32
1092: Pros From Dover
Rick MacArthur on Gulf War Censorship and Media Failure
Journalist Rick MacArthur, publisher of Harper's Magazine and author of Second Front, detailed the media's failure to vet the incubator story during the 1991 Gulf War. MacArthur highlighted how organizations like Amnesty International and major newspapers like the New York Daily News uncritically accepted the false narrative. The discussion characterized George H.W. Bush as a politician willing to utilize disinformation and ruthless tactics despite his public image of respectability.