SocraticGadfly: One a JFK conspiracy theorist, always one?

March 20, 2020

One a JFK conspiracy theorist, always one?

Jefferson Morley, proprietor of the JFK Files, fits the bill to a T. Morley admitted, or claimed, a few years ago he was no longer a JFK conspiracy theorist, though he did use the word "reluctantly" or similar as part of the announcement.

Unfortunately, as with claiming that the Saudis hacked Bezos' phone and doubling down on a two-month old claim, indirectly, this week, EVEN THOUGH Bezos' girlfriend's brother has admitted he contacted the Enquirer's parent company and it has been stated without denial that was was paid in advance, no less, and by no less a personage than AMI President David Pecker himself, he doesn't seem immune from conspiracy theories himself. Or, if he truly is, he's way behind in news reading and therefore has lost credibility for  that reason.

But, back to the header.

In addition, for someone who claims he's no longer a JFK conspiracy theorist, it's "interesting" that he's touting a book about JFK that makes untruthful claims of the like that fuel conspiracy theories.

 That's not the first time he's done that, either. Not too long ago, he touted this older book which, per my review, is full of it going by the editorial blurb alone.

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 Update, Nov. 27: He has a new eBook out, "Morley v CIA," which a former FB friend and friend of the late Leo Lincourt, and a Skeptics™ groupster four-starred. Unfortunately, because Jim Lippard never does reviews, only ratings, I don't know why he gave it that, unless Morley steers totally away from conspiracy thinking.

Update, Nov. 28: Per a piece on Counterpunch reviewing "JFK and Mary Meyer: A Love Story," he still spins Camelot bullshit myths, too. And, by way of "just saying," peddles more conspiracy theory bullshit, too. He's still a conspiracy theorist, no matter what he claims.

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