It doesn't mean we have to just accept it.
You do what you can. I feel it imcumbent upon me to report the truth I see with my own eyes to as many as I can.
I've been criticized and even verbally beaten up for it, but I'm going to keep on doing it. I've even had FReepers say the silliest things to me like "Your vision is skewed because of where you are." I guess they'd rather believe the New York Times and CNN.
Those FReepers in a a tiny minority, though.