Saturday 20 February 2021

Truth In The News? II

A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows, XIII.

See Truth In The News? and particularly its combox.

Dennitzan scouts report Merseian mobilization. Imperial Intelligence denies it.

Are the Dennitzans lying to justify their mobilization for rebellion? Are the Merseians duping Dennitzan scouts? Are Merseian infiltrators in Imperial Intelligence covering Merseian mobilization?

Merseian infiltrators in Imperial Intelligence have the Dennitzan Gospodar's niece sold into slavery on Terra and conceal this sale from the Terran authorities but ensure that it is publicized on Dennitza.

Have Merseians incited barbarian uprisings in the Spican Sector to divert Imperial attention away from Terra and Tauria? Are Merseian infiltrators around the Gospodar deflecting information away from him?

Does this happen all the time in real life? Given that most people believe either what they are told or what they want to believe, how can the truth ever be learned? I have been amazed at some people's certainty in stating what happened, e.g., one of the times an airliner was shot down.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

I do believe it is possible for events to be as tangled and uncertain as what you summarized here. Esp. if Aycharaych took years to laid down the foundations for these intrigues. And we do know that there are real double or even triple agents, moles, and infiltrators. So I don't find what you summarized here to be TOO implausible.

Ad astra! Sean