And to truth in general.
When one works HARD to get a really balanced view of the news from many sources, then the talking heads on the major networks can more clearly be seen to be spouting propaganda in the service of the state.
Credibility becomes strained.
Imagine tuning in to CNN and witnessing Wolf Blitzer or somebody saying: "And in other news ... < pause > ... the moon has been found to be made of green cheese."
TRUTH -— crying in the wilderness
reminds me of Pilate: “What is truth?”
I’ve been trying to identify the BHO Adm’s particular brand of perverting the truth; it’s more than just plain old lying. Maybe an example:
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John Stossel’s Take
Commentary from Co-Anchor of ABC News’ “20/20”
War is Peace. Up is Down.
07/24/2009 3:04 PM
I couldn’t put my finger on what bothered me listening to President Obama’s relatively smooth answers and reassuring comments about health care at his news conference Wednesday. He said all the right things, like promising to “keep government out of health care decisions.”
Don Boudreaux’s letter helped me understand why I felt queasy: it simply is impossible that increasing government’s role is a way to “keep government out of health care decisions.”
To the Editor:
If an armed man breaks into your house, confiscates money from your wallet, insists that he and his goons are blessed with a grand vision of how you and your family should be provided with health care, and commands you to do as he orders, would you believe his promise to keep armed intruders “out of health care decisions”? (”Text: Obama’s Remarks on Health Care,” July 22).
Of course not.
So why isn’t the entire country furious at being insulted by Pres. Obama’s patently absurd claim that his efforts to give government a greater role in paying for health care will “keep government out of health care decisions”?
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University