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Genevieve · 10-29-2008, 04:40 PM

I do hear what you are saying Eyes and once again i have to reiterate

how on earth are we EVER able to verify ANY news we hear nowadays ( or even in the past for that matter) as FACT?

I have had the interesting experience in life of being involved in print media and TV media for over 10 yrs during the 80's and early 90's- and one of the first things i learnt - much to my innocent awakening back then was - that IF you were at an event first hand whilst the reporting was done - you could SEE the vast discrepancies in reporting when it finally went to air or print !! Either by overplay of said "facts" or omission of "facts".

The variables between omission and inclusion can totally distort something to be a "fact" to those viewing what is published (because it has great credentials) and a BLATANT LIE to those who actually experienced the event.

In that light - i still find it very hard to truly trust anyone to judge another on whether they are or are not whistleblowers or dis-informationists.

10-29-2008, 04:40 PM	#12
Genevieve Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: southern part of western australia Posts: 86	Re: got news to post? CHECK YOUR RESOURCES FIRST! I do hear what you are saying Eyes and once again i have to reiterate how on earth are we EVER able to verify ANY news we hear nowadays ( or even in the past for that matter) as FACT? I have had the interesting experience in life of being involved in print media and TV media for over 10 yrs during the 80's and early 90's- and one of the first things i learnt - much to my innocent awakening back then was - that IF you were at an event first hand whilst the reporting was done - you could SEE the vast discrepancies in reporting when it finally went to air or print !! Either by overplay of said "facts" or omission of "facts". The variables between omission and inclusion can totally distort something to be a "fact" to those viewing what is published (because it has great credentials) and a BLATANT LIE to those who actually experienced the event. In that light - i still find it very hard to truly trust anyone to judge another on whether they are or are not whistleblowers or dis-informationists.