False Information

These days, it is hard to trust whatever anyone says on the news. Most of it is true, but there is some information either blown out of proportion or only half true. When a few hot topics end up having information gone wrong, it can totally lead a person to believe a false idea or statement. Sometimes facts are accidently mixed up and falsely given, but I highly doubt this happens consistently. Also, one news channel will say one thing and then another will say the total opposite or something different. It makes one wonder if everything a channel says is true. Most of the time, the false information is only partly false, but this makes it even sneakier. An anonymous person once said, “The truth but only part of the truth is the biggest lie there ever is.” Part truths can blind a person even more than a flat out lie can. For example, “the earth is warming up” is a truth, but by saying we as humans are causing it isn’t really a truth. Some may think so, but one can’t suddenly jump to the fact it is man-made. One has to factor in the thousands of other possibilities before jumping to this conclusion. The fact people are buying it out so fast without questioning what is really going on is kind of depressing. This is one way in which people are more blinded by part truths than lies. Now, news channels do provide updated information on what is happening, but this is about the only thing one can trust. Otherwise, the more opinionated information is something someone has to watch out for. It can wash and dry one’s brain out until they turn into one of those robots screaming for biodiesel and world peace. (Seriously, who doesn’t want peace?)