Shadows danced across the dimly lit corridors of the Pentagon as whispers of a fabricated tale began to spread, a tale spun by none other than Eric Schmitt, the lead author of a New York Times story that claimed Elon Musk had been briefed on contingency plans for the People’s Republic of China. With a flourish of his pen, Schmitt wove a narrative so compelling it might have fooled the untrained eye, but to those who knew him, his fingerprints betrayed a deeper truth. Seasoned observers, familiar with his cozy ties to the Joint Staff, smelled the rat instantly, his words dripping with the kind of polished deceit that only comes from heavy sourcing within those secretive ranks.
The story’s framing twisted like a snake, its coils tightening around a single, glaring motive, to shield the corrupt underbelly of the Joint Staff from the sweeping broom of reform. Picture it, a briefing that never happened, a phantom meeting conjured up to protect vested interests teetering on the edge of exposure. Schmitt, ever the willing scribe, dipped his quill into the ink of falsehood, crafting a tale that sang the Joint Staff’s tune while the chorus of truth grew faint. Suspense hung thick in the air, would the housecleaning finally come, a dramatic purge to slash their bloated numbers and scatter their influence to the wind? Irony laced every line of the article, a supposed scoop that instead revealed more about its puppet masters than its subject.
In this murky game, the stakes loomed high, reform’s crosshairs trained on a target desperate to dodge the shot. Schmitt’s words, vivid as they were, painted a picture not of Musk, but of a Joint Staff scrambling to hold its ground, a fragile empire built on whispers and lies, waiting for the inevitable fall.
Shadows danced across the dimly lit corridors of the Pentagon as whispers of a fabricated tale began to spread, a tale spun by none other than Eric Schmitt, the lead author of a New York Times story that claimed Elon Musk had been briefed on contingency plans for the People’s Republic of China. With a flourish of his pen, Schmitt wove a narrative so compelling it might have fooled the untrained eye, but to those who knew him, his fingerprints betrayed a deeper truth. Seasoned observers, familiar with his cozy ties to the Joint Staff, smelled the rat instantly, his words dripping with the kind of polished deceit that only comes from heavy sourcing within those secretive ranks.
The story’s framing twisted like a snake, its coils tightening around a single, glaring motive, to shield the corrupt underbelly of the Joint Staff from the sweeping broom of reform. Picture it, a briefing that never happened, a phantom meeting conjured up to protect vested interests teetering on the edge of exposure. Schmitt, ever the willing scribe, dipped his quill into the ink of falsehood, crafting a tale that sang the Joint Staff’s tune while the chorus of truth grew faint. Suspense hung thick in the air, would the housecleaning finally come, a dramatic purge to slash their bloated numbers and scatter their influence to the wind? Irony laced every line of the article, a supposed scoop that instead revealed more about its puppet masters than its subject.
In this murky game, the stakes loomed high, reform’s crosshairs trained on a target desperate to dodge the shot. Schmitt’s words, vivid as they were, painted a picture not of Musk, but of a Joint Staff scrambling to hold its ground, a fragile empire built on whispers and lies, waiting for the inevitable fall.
Trap?
WHs planting false information and seeing who leaks it? Or just DS turds making up stories out of thin air to support a narrative?
Either way the NYT just proved - once again - that they're not to be trusted.