Joe Kovacs’ March 19 article on the death by suicide of former Obama and Clinton economic adviser Alan Krueger plays it surprisingly straight, sticking to the fact about his life. But that wasn’t the point of the article: It was a dog whistle to WND’s readers that it was OK to speculate whether the Clintons played a role in Krueger’s death. After all, WND remains one of the biggest promoters of the discredited “Clinton Body Count.”
And speculate they did: the article attracted 145 comments, many of them advancing the bogus “Clinton Body Count” conspiracy theory.
In case Kovacs’ article was too subtle, the point was made clear with the front-page promotional headline: “Top Obama-Clinton adviser ‘commits suicide.'”
Note the scare quotes around “commits suicide.” WND can’t claim it’s a direct quote from a source in Kovacs’ article because it doesn’t exist. Kovacs wrote that Krueger “committed suicide” (without the scare quotes), and he quotes a family statement that Krueger “took his own life.”
Wasn’t WND managing editor David Kupelian insisting just the other day in Joseph Farah’s stead that WND is a “truth-oriented” website? Yeah, not so much.