Speaking of associated ills...in praise of an honest voice.
Former Fox News regular, retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters, who regularly contributed on matters of national defense, has left the Fox building in response to a continuing escalation of his networks attacks on the institutions of government, which he called "a great, grave disservice to our country." Peters was alarmed by the hard shift into the political wind of Trump in the wake of the president's election.
Said Peters, "With the rise of Donald Trump Fox did become a destructive propaganda machine. And I don't do propaganda for anyone." Peters, who took pride in his former association said that for years Fox was a worthwhile voice for conservative and libertarian voices, but had taken a turn into the fantasy land of disreputable notions, like Hannity's trumpeting of the "deep state" narrative, of which Peters had this to say, "I suspect Mr. Hannity really believes it, [but] the others are smarter. They know what they're doing. It's bewildering to me. I mean, I wanted to just cry out and say, 'How can you do this? How can you lie to our country?'"
So here's to welcoming Lt. Col. Peters to the side of the rationalist angels set on preserving the idea of honorable opposition and civil, empirically tested discourse. Thank you for your ongoing service.
