Quote Originally Posted by Denvertoad
A newspaper, or whichever medium one cares to choose, is equivalent to a modern day bible. Everything printed in the newspaper can be considered a divine message. Newspapers always print THE truth and nothing but THE truth. But TV is even more reliable. If it's on TV it absolutely has to be true. They would never allow a lie to be told on TV. That's why politicians like to be on TV. It is the best outlet to get THEIR version of the truth across to the public. Unbiased reporting is long since dead and gone.

"If you don't read the newspapers you're un-informed. If you do read them, you're mis-informed..." Mark Twain
Oh yeah, I forgot about that.

Many years ago, I was in a community of Cop Haters (can't say where) and this little girl got shot, not fatally thank God. Well, they were going to burn this cop, it was racism, so on and so forth. Rumors swirled, all of which pointed to a racist cop and all that entails Well, months later, it comes out that the little girl (12 or so) have a damn knife, and the family tried to hide the fact from the investigators. Even the family confessed before the trail.

Oh it was some SENSATIONAL stuff. I was in rooms where talks of a lynching were happening, and I of course, was ready to roll on this "pig". Well, that, and a million other events have taught me to reserve judgement. Soldiers do AWFUL things in war, many of them are just sick to begin with, hence their military service. However, a lot of them just go bat shit crazy having to fight by all these rules while the enemy has none.

Disclosure: I AM NOT DEFENDING THIS SWAT MEMBER! I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED. I AM NOT JUSTIFYING WHAT HE DID.