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Part of the issue here is exasperated by the fact that the quasi news media in America has become less news and more entertainment. They take a kernel of truth and stretch it into something that is more interesting to those who want to believe it.

We used to be able to trust Cronkite, Huntley and Brinkley, and the local newspaper to bring us the story about what is happening in the world. Now, we find their successors overshadowed by supermarket tabloids, Rush Limbaugh, Entertainment Tonight, Fox News, both major policical parties, and propagandists for special interests all posing as unbiased purveyors of the truth.

In actuality, of course, they are not. They appeal to the sense of perverse curiosity that we all have and offer us a sensationalized report that appeals to our need for entertainment and excitement, in order to sell their product or influence our opinions. EX: Headline: CONGRESS ADDRESSES GUN CONTROL ISSUES. and that somehow becomes GOVERNMENT WANTS TO TAKE YOUR GUNS AWAY.

What's the answer here? As has been stated by Old Dave and others so eloquently, don't believe it just because you hear it on TV, radio, or read it in a newspaper. Use sound judgment to decide what is right and wrong!