John McCaskill

“The rise of social media and decline of peer-reviewed news has made it possible to sell just about any idea. When you can bypass experts, facts and logic cease to be the driving determinant of what’s generally accepted as true. They get replaced by the emotions and impulses of the masses. Manipulating those is just a question of marketing.”
― Tim Tigner, Boundless Ambition

“It was so unjust, being skewered for getting caught being honest. What did the public want? Lies? That was what they usually got, if they got anything at all. Most were just too stupid to realize it. They let the government get away with exaggerations, obfuscations, misdirections and lies of omission. They let politicians hide behind claims of committee work, confidentiality and national security. The truth was, the CIA and FBI and their European equivalents had all searched extensively for Ivan and none of them had found him.  Jo”
― Tim Tigner, Falling Stars