1960's bumper sticker.. "Question News Authority"

 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748703574604574499671746743510.html

A good friend's father had this response to the article.

"Alas, we live in a world of deceptions and masquerades – politicians posing as patriots to look tough on terrorism and so get re-elected, corporations posing as environmentalists merely to retain cushy government subsidies…and news channels posing as purveyors of truth.

Each news outlet -- CBS, CNN, Fox and so forth – does not offer truth, or even an attempt at as much truth as can be discerned by fallen mortals.  Rather each offers a product tailored to an identifiable "demographic" who can be counted on to watch.  Retaining that demographic retains advertisers and hence revenues.  If you want Truth, you must look elsewhere.

But not to be discouraged…that's why God gave us brains and the gifts of discernment.  But we must use them.  To borrow a thought from a 1960's bumper sticker, "Question News Authority."