“Truth is the first casualty of war.”
Of course.
Everyone knows that one. You hear it all the time. But — good God Almighty — that latest Harvard-Harris poll: there perhaps has never been better evidence of the war-murders-truth proposition, perhaps ever. Not even since the Greek playwright Aeschylus wrote those words, some 3,000 years ago.
The Harvard-Harris survey landed on our computer screens on Oct. 7, and was issued by the university’s respected Center for American Political Studies. Nearly 2,500 registered voters were contacted at the start of the month, and the results are considered to be accurate 95% of the time. The poll covered the mood of the country, Trump, economy, jobs, and so on.
It was the answers to the “Israel and Gaza” questions, however, that were — and this word