Friday, May 7, 2010

WE LEARN TRUTH WHEN GOOD JOURNALISTS FOLLOW LEADS TO TRUTH

BP claims to support research for alternative energy.  A search should be made as to what proportion of profit (or, as I'm sure it is called by the pros as operational costs) really go to each of the areas claimed.  Journalists look for truth while politicians collecting cash for campaigns seek to hide the truth,  For a closer look at British Petroleum (yes that BP bringing you the destruction of the Gulf Coast with its fishing industries and threatened wildlife), click here.. 
                                            ..Sometimes the movies serve a real function of carrying the truth to the public with documentaries.  On example is Food, Inc  One reviewer describes it as:  "...this is an illuminating and, at times, heartbreaking account of what's wrong with the food industry in the United States... food manufacturing in the United States ... has damaged many of us in the most personal way possible -- inside of our own bodies."  To read the whole review which appears on Amazon, click here.

Others write books with disclosures all of us should be made aware of to protect our health and bodies.  Michael Pollans' book is an example.  

It seems that there are many sources that warn us.  So what is the problem?  We never know whom to believe.  Newspapers used to have a rule that three separate sources had to confirm a story for its accuracy.  It seems fairly clear that it is hardly adhered to any more.  For further proof, read a newspaper article on something you have witnessed with your own eyes.  It will shock you.  It is about as accurate as tour bus guides who often admit they make up information to keep their passengers engages because life, you see, in reality can sometimes be boring.

Lastly are the ads which label themselves in such tiny letters, it is easy to miss that they are not actual news articles.  Added to the hype are the web pages which write as seen on and then add logos of reputable sources as in: 

This proves there are not too many sources these days on air, on screen, between book covers, or is news print that you can simply accept.  You have to read the fine print on everything, act as your own advocate in acceptance of fact, and in all relationships and business dealings!!  ,,,and I am NOT paranoid.

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