Facts versus opinion

Submitted by Norman Wand (United States), Feb 21, 2006 at 18:53

As the late Daniel Patrick Moynahan said:
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but no one is entitled to their own facts."

What a pity that propaganda continues with so much fact creation presented to a mainline media biased for immediate emotional satisfaction with its audience despite the great advances in communication via the personal computer and the internet which one would think could enforce the Moynahan entitlement edict.

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