Do any of us really know the truth (Pt II)?

There's this issue of being careful about what you read, what you watch...taking into account who you're hearing it from, etc, etc. In general, media literacy.

That's only part of the problem. There's another part. You have to be smart enough to look for information you may not be seeing or hearing or reading. For example, an article quoting a certain retired Major General Lewis Mackenzie saying,

"What he was telling us was Hezbollah soldiers were all over his position and the IDF were targeting them. And that’s a favorite trick by people who don’t have representation in the UN. They use the UN as shields knowing that they can’t be punished for it."

Gen. Mackenzie was describing the contents of an email he received from one of the now deceased UN observers in Lebanon. At first I was very skeptical about this story (found here: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=21786_Canadian_General-_UN_Observer_Post_Used_By_Hizballah&only) but, then I dug, just a little, and found some more:

1. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7004343191


2. http://newsbusters.org/node/6597


3. http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=23de301b-7949-48db-a1b1-9fa1256db49f&k=29432


4. http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Diplomacy/8958.htm

One question is, who is this Lewis Mackenzie fellow? Why should he get these emails? And why should he be believable? The usual Wikipedia ref is here. He's a retired Canadian Army General who served on the staff of the UN force in Bosnia.

My point is, have you read anything about this in the Ithaca Journal? NYT?? Seen anything about this on CNN? MSNBC? CBS???

....No
....Why?