Sunday, March 23, 2003
Nothing But The Truth?
Did you really want to know what is really happening? As I read the news from papers around the world I get a variety of perspectives. Parlay this with the Government's game of never letting anyone know what is really happening, and you have a real challenge.
You have to figure out how to unspin the spin.
Looking for the truth is extremely elusive and very frustrating. It also means looking at the information objectively without bias. THAT is the hard part. If you are only listening to information that mirrors your idea of the world, you will miss a lot of key data. It is VERY hard to abandon your views and leave yourself open to opposing information. Life would be so much easier if everyone just behaved like you think they should. I honestly don't know how unbiased I can be. I am a cynic at heart. I have lived through Vietnam, Watergate and the Pentagon Papers, so I have, a huge distrust of the Government. That makes it several times harder to be unbiased. I have been lied to alot over the years. This is war and the first casuality of war is always the truth.
You have to figure out how to unspin the spin.
Looking for the truth is extremely elusive and very frustrating. It also means looking at the information objectively without bias. THAT is the hard part. If you are only listening to information that mirrors your idea of the world, you will miss a lot of key data. It is VERY hard to abandon your views and leave yourself open to opposing information. Life would be so much easier if everyone just behaved like you think they should. I honestly don't know how unbiased I can be. I am a cynic at heart. I have lived through Vietnam, Watergate and the Pentagon Papers, so I have, a huge distrust of the Government. That makes it several times harder to be unbiased. I have been lied to alot over the years. This is war and the first casuality of war is always the truth.
# posted by Thomas @ 12:35 AM 
