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My cousins husband used to be a senior foreign correspondent for a major media outlet in the middle east namely Isreal,Lebanon and Jordan.The stories of censorship not only from those governments but also from his employer were out of this world.
It doesn't matter how many resources get checked,if the story is based on little or no fact it will have legs since most people don't even know what the truth is anymore concerning most everything.
Case in point; especially in the print media since video is not a factor,watch how on any given day an opinion columnist will state a personal opinion,or hypothesis if you will,then at a later date see how another writer picks up the opinion and relays it as fact.In time it becomes very interesting how recycled non facts make it into the realm of fact.Once something gets repeated enough,it becomes unquestionable and it is very big business and profitable for those who benefit from it at every level imaginable.
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" In Canada, you can tell the most blatant lie in a calm voice, and people will believe you over someone who's a little passionate about the truth." David Warren, Western Standard.
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