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VMI77 wrote:

AndyC wrote:Actually yes, it matters.

If we don't know how the rumor got started, where exactly it came from and what the original source actually said, we wouldn't be able to shoot it down in debate - or leave comments under a "news" article to point out the facts.

Kinda like the whole "90% of Americans support gun-control" meme - I don't fool myself into thinking I can change the media, but I can darned well make some readers think "Ooooh.... that wasn't the whole truth my favorite media-channel just told me."

I should have been clearer. I agree it matters in the context you describe. I just meant the media doesn't care about the truth and is going to lie to advance the collectivist agenda --especially since there are no consequences for them when they lie.

AndyC wrote:Actually yes, it matters.

If we don't know how the rumor got started, where exactly it came from and what the original source actually said, we wouldn't be able to shoot it down in debate - or leave comments under a "news" article to point out the facts.

Kinda like the whole "90% of Americans support gun-control" meme - I don't fool myself into thinking I can change the media, but I can darned well make some readers think "Ooooh.... that wasn't the whole truth my favorite media-channel just told me."