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In reply to the discussion: JFK Conference: Mark Lane Addressed the Secret Government’s Role in the Assassination [View all]struggle4progress
(118,236 posts)I got rid of that one
It was, I must admit, full of details
Yes, Lane seemed to know lots and lots of details
But I can best describe the book as gloop: there was simply no way for anyone to check whether many of the details, that Lane flouted, were really facts or just fictions -- many could have been rumors or misunderstandings or outright falsehoods from various sources
And in fact, it often wouldn't matter whether many of Lane's "facts" were real facts, because Lane produce paragraphs and paragraphs, or even pages and pages, of pure conjecture for every tiny detail that he alleged as fact
Seeming to know lots of details is really no substitute for being able to think clearly
Lane has by now made himself an entire career based on stringing together tiny alleged details with great steaming heaps of conjectural blather