While I have not personally seen the movie Fahrenheit 9/11 there does seem to be quiet a few that believe this is just another example of journalism with a goal and that goal is not to communicate the full complete truthful circumstances. Dave Kopel has published a file discussing 59 deceits in the movie while Michael Moore and others continue to defend the movie as factual.
Add to this the false documents that Dan Rather used during the election and we very quickly realize that the news media is no longer about the news. It is, and some will tell me has been for a long time, about political agenda's. (There is some great discussion about the Rather thing at Hugh Hewitt's blog.)
I could go on but the examples are endless on both sides of the fence and bloggers have certainly been no pool of purity when it comes to facts and the complete truth. Perhaps the truth really is not out there on many topics because all of us have blind spots to things we do not wish to acknowledge, confront or believe. In the final end most of what we believe may be our choice to believe those things that reinforce our previous beliefs or positions on a topic. Believing may truly be seeing.....
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