Because the struggle in Vietnam spiralled uncontrolled, US president Lyndon B Johnson was confronted by a distinct kind of menace: a pretend report so convincing that it tricked Individuals into believing harmful disinformation. However that was by no means the intention. Revisiting The Report From Iron Mountain, journalist Phil Tinline speaks to James Osborne, to disclose how a satirical report advanced into one thing way more sinister than anybody might have predicted.
Phil Tinline is the creator of Ghosts of Iron Mountain: The Hoax that Duped America and its Sinister Legacy (Apollo, 2025).
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