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There is one thing I will never understand about peoples complains about the Media. On the one hand those who believed what the Media said about the thousands of deaths will claim "that's what the Media said, must be true" are the same people who will later say "it's the Media, they will say what they want to make money, can't trust them" when the same story contradicts what they believe.

They are the same people? Really?

There are ways to judge the validity of stories based on one's own experiences and what the story says.

Incidentally, my point here is that different sources give different numbers and that one of the sources was accepted as factual by the majority of journalists who reported that one view as fact while it reported other views as mere statements or claims (or failed to mention them at all).

Oh Leauki,

At it again I see!

Don't worry, one day you will see the error of your ways and when you do, I will be there to accept your apology!

My apology for what?

I realise that there is a world out there who expect me to blame Israel and the Jews for every ill in the world, and to believe whatever lie is told about them. And I am sure many regard it as an "error" for me not to join the "Death to the Jews" crowd.

But I'd rather be wrong than be one of that crowd.

Being an American, I sometimes fail to see through the eyes of others.  I look at what is being reported in America, and assume that is what is going on all over the world.  Happily, I see that there are some out there that are not so prejudicial and ignorant, and do want to look behind the propaganda that is spewed by the hate mongers of the world and look for truth.  I know that will not happen with the MSM here in the states, but the internet has afforded us a rare opportunity to find other sources of news that bypasses what essentially is the propaganda wing of the DNC here in the states.

Thanks for sharing.  But understand.  Those that do not want to believe the truth, will continue to use the propaganda rags to verify their own hate and bigotry.

It's the patronising attutide that gets me.

The less someone knows about the subject, the more they are interested in teaching me the "truth". The "truth" seems to be a platonic ideal hovering over and outside the real world.

The big moment for me was when I decided to ignore what the mass media told me about Iraq and go and see for myself.

It goes to what I have noticed of late (it could have been going on longer, just not noticed).  If you spout the liberal line,you are somehow a genius.  No other qualifications are necessary.  If you disagree with it, then you are a moron or bumbling fool.

I heard it here at JU.  Talking about Bush's misstatements and how Obama never makes them. Obama does not - when reading from a teleprompter, but sure does if he does not have a prepared text.  And we heard the same about Clinton as well.

None of them were any smarter than bush, it was just the people pushing this myth that wanted to think it, so that is all they heard and stated as fact.