Thread: GunFight At MIT

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

Objective journalism may have never existed. If there was any trace of it in the past, its been stamped out for good. The difference seems to be in how unashamed they are for the lack of objective news.

As I've often posted, my grandfather, when I was 10, told me, "Believe half of what you see, and nothing that you read." It took me 40 years to really begin to understand that point of view. Reading bios of John Adams, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, among other historical works, it is evident that the news media has more often than not been agenda driven, and quite capable of distortions, exploitation, and downright lies.

I will say, however, that for the past 20 or so years they have more or less been discredited by their own failures in maintaining any kind of accuracy in presenting truthful objective journalism.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

As I've often posted, my grandfather, when I was 10, told me, "Believe half of what you see, and nothing that you read." It took me 40 years to really begin to understand that point of view. Reading bios of John Adams, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, among other historical works, it is evident that the news media has more often than not been agenda driven, and quite capable of distortions, exploitation, and downright lies.

I will say, however, that for the past 20 or so years they have more or less been discredited by their own failures in maintaining any kind of accuracy in presenting truthful objective journalism.

As such, I'd like to recommend a book to you. Its very short but very powerful, more of a pamphlet really. Its called "How Do You Kill 11 Million People?: Why the Truth Matters More Than You Think".

How Do You Kill 11 Million People?: Why the Truth Matters More Than You Think: Andy Andrews: 9780849948350: Amazon.com: Books