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If anybody is naive enough to think that the media gets everything 100% correct, and nobody ever spins a point of view, then they deserve to be duped. Even when they don't intentionally misrepresent or spin a story, they seldom know enough about what they are reporting on to get the facts right. And in a breaking news story, it wouldn't surprise me if half of the content is proven to be wrong, hours or days later.
Ask yourself if you've ever told a lie. Ever exaggerated something? Cheated, in any way? Failed to correct an obvious error on someone else's part that may have benefitted you? Taken a shortcut in performing a task? Lusted over someone that is not your partner?
The point I was making is that we hold celebrities to higher standards than we hold ourselves and we take "the news" too seriously. I'm not against learning what is going on but it is not presented in any manner other than entertainment. You think a report that is given from the White House lawn has any more substance than if that same report was given from a chair in the news room?
JR
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