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Current Events » in reply to re: News is news is news, no matter where you live.

Skepticism is essential

Oh I so agree with your statement. When reading magazines and newspapers, internet blogs, watching documentaries and news reports it's imperative that one always add in the human element. Human beings are flawed and will always bring in their own beliefs into their creations no matter how many checks and balances exist to keep things fair and balanced.

I put the same skepticism towards Rush Limbaugh as I do to Michael Moore. At the same time my judgments of them are clouded by my life experiences down to the basic looks and body language they project. When those factors are put into place someone like Michael Moore ends up with a bit more credibility simply because in the thousands of people I've met in life, those that were more like Moore and less like Limbaugh were generally the more honest, straightforward and caring of others.

That said I have also met the exceptions to those rules in life and always keep healthy doubts for anything claimed in the public forums without overwhelming proof accompanying it.

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