[weegee]

Jan Brunvand was the foremost authority on Urban Legends (and it is his research and multiple books that supply the basis for debunking things like alligator in sewer stories).

He seemed to be fairly objective when I read his work (and even communicated with him on the internet 20 years ago).

I don't know how he is now that the left has become completely unhinged. Even more rational Democrats (and I am not certain of his political affiliation, just referring to Rats I know) are spouting some absurd and rotten things these days.

[connell]

Maybe all this recent partisanship, the discontiguous information streams, etc. will be good for America. Maybe we can finally get away from this absurd notion that objectivity is possible, or that the meanstream flow of information is somehow "clean" and free of bias. Maybe we can retreat to our corners for a while, and then everyone can look for the truth in each side's information stream. I think I know which side would win that fight.

I am thinking I would like to update the article with some of the information provided by others, including the FR folks herein. Any objection if I include some small portions of what you provided in your long reply post above?