http://obviousdiversion.com/general/truth/ Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:35:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://obviousdiversion.com/general/truth/#comment-764 Ben Tue, 01 Feb 2005 01:42:50 +0000 http://obviousdiversion.com/?p=174#comment-764 As a journalist I completely agree, Christian. And the best journalists are the truth tellers. They dig deep, root around in the dirt, spend time getting to know a subject... Sy Hersh, Bob Woodward. But too much regurgitated crap is passed off as journalism. 24 hours of news on CNN is filled with 720 two minute stories... reports work on deadline filing multiple short stories instead of spending time checking, learning and re-checking the truth for one story. As a journalist I completely agree, Christian. And the best journalists are the truth tellers. They dig deep, root around in the dirt, spend time getting to know a subject… Sy Hersh, Bob Woodward. But too much regurgitated crap is passed off as journalism. 24 hours of news on CNN is filled with 720 two minute stories… reports work on deadline filing multiple short stories instead of spending time checking, learning and re-checking the truth for one story.

]]> http://obviousdiversion.com/general/truth/#comment-763 Jack Sadler Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:05:27 +0000 http://obviousdiversion.com/?p=174#comment-763 It's still a matter of trust for us little guys. How are we suppose to tell whether or not Iraq has Weapons of Mass Destruction? How can we "prove" it? You either trust our President (ha) or you trust journalists (ha). So basically if you're Mike or Christian you just believe anything the left tells you to believe, and you say anyone on the right is ignorant and evil, and that anyone in the middle is a fool. Now I hate Jesus and decency as much as any other pinko, but it can't be that simple. What is a weapon of mass destruction anyway? Heck, in Rawanda the machette is a weapon of mass destruction. I don't know how anyone could have thought that was a good arguement to invade a country in the first place. Social Security? Global Warming? Jeez, I think I'm pretty smart, but damn, who the Hell really knows? It’s still a matter of trust for us little guys. How are we suppose to tell whether or not Iraq has Weapons of Mass Destruction? How can we “prove” it? You either trust our President (ha) or you trust journalists (ha).
So basically if you’re Mike or Christian you just believe anything the left tells you to believe, and you say anyone on the right is ignorant and evil, and that anyone in the middle is a fool. Now I hate Jesus and decency as much as any other pinko, but it can’t be that simple.
What is a weapon of mass destruction anyway? Heck, in Rawanda the machette is a weapon of mass destruction.
I don’t know how anyone could have thought that was a good arguement to invade a country in the first place.
Social Security? Global Warming? Jeez, I think I’m pretty smart, but damn, who the Hell really knows?

]]> http://obviousdiversion.com/general/truth/#comment-762 Ophelias Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:35:17 +0000 http://obviousdiversion.com/?p=174#comment-762 Yep, I appreciate this indeed! Of course the scientific method and this analogy is something that rings close to my heart...and drawing the link between politics/public discourse and science. Yep, I appreciate this indeed! Of course the scientific method and this analogy is something that rings close to my heart…and drawing the link between politics/public discourse and science.

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