It seems obvious to me that the Congressional hearing should be exposed to a balanced amount of information (some from both sides of the argument). Sadly, so many of us get a start in this subject based only on the conspiracy advocate side, form opinions from only that one side of the argument, and close our minds to anything else. Those who don’t completely close their minds often convert from a CT mindset and accept that the evidence that we have for what it is. All the while keeping an open mind for any credible evidence of a conspiracy that might be found. The controversy will most likely never go away. But I do believe that everyone owes it to theirselves to try to get a balanced “diet” of information.
True, but we've seen over the years how partisanship and sloppiness often, and increasingly, takes over these hearings. The bad drives out the good. The few good members with questions and know the matter get sidetracked by the lazy ones or those going for headliness. It's gotten worse but it's always been ugly. I was recently re-reading a book on the famous Hiss/Chambers controversy (1948/49) and the Congressional hearings (HUAC) on that very important issue were often taken over by the true believers - those that
knew Hiss was guilty versus those who
knew he was a victim of right wing smears; those who wanted to get the Democrats/Truman and those who saw it only as an attempt to get them. The truth was caught between these two sides. Plus flat out stupid people in Congress unprepared for the matter (hey, they deserve representation too!). Again, the bad drives out the good.
The problem here with this hearing is not really partisanship (Democrats want to get Trump; Republicans then defend him) as much as a sort of ideological "horseshoe" alliance between the left wing conspiracy believers - Stone, Morley et al - with this new right wing MAGA conspiracy believers - Luna, Carlson, Beck et al. - who are convinced that "The deep state got JFK like they tried to get Trump!!". Plus, nobody wants to appear to be defending the "deep state". Fred is regularly smeared as a CIA agent or apologist and other names (mostly) by the left conspiracists. Things fall apart; the center can't hold.
It's still early yet; let's see if cooler heads emerge. Yeah, who am I kidding <g>.
