Just Facts Show on Clubhouse

Description

The true problem about facts lies between our own ears. We hear factual news and the accompanying editorial and believe it all or not at all. We have become such shallow thinkers we don't know how to separate the wheat from the chaff. And to make things worse, most of us only read/listen to whatever reinforces what we want to believe. Opposing views are not tolerated.

For example, the news might report that John Smith was caught on surveillance video robbing a convenience store and is now in custody. The police have video and the eyewitness account of the clerk who was robbed, and the perp is indeed behind bars. So far, this is a fact. But then a conservative news outlet might add "...and now this vicious predator is off the streets" while a liberal outlet might say "...he looked to be homeless and hungry".

If we can't learn this difference, our long-term democracy is in jeopardy. Wise up people, or get run over!