Originally Posted by crucifissio

journalists are in the business of selling news not reporting it...the plain truth does not sell...some events sell better than others, for example terrorism...you are more likely to drown in your own bathtub than be killed in a terror attack but one of these 2 events will sell much better so it is widely reported...

journalists and politicians have a symbiotic relationship and cherry picking and distorting the truth to fit personal agendas is their profession...