It's hard to swallow, isn't it? But 5 years of ABC-CBS-NBC-CNN-MSNBC-NYT...pounding and pounding and pounding the "manufactured" news. That's how.
Anyway, great post. Thanks.
I was collecting some information at the county courthouse in my area of west virginia when I was standing in the office of the sheriff.
He had the tv on with FOX News and one of the towers was on fire. A reporter speculated that a plane had lost it's way and crashed into it.
The sheriff said.."something bad is up here today." I knew he wasn't far wrong.
I was stuck in an office all day long with no TV, and just occasional checks on drudge and FR to update us all. Every little while someone would call into the office with an update from whatever channels they were watching with more and more, sometimes totally wrong news reports.
At one point, we thought there were ten planes down and at least 20,000 people feared dead at ground zero.
Finally, I got home. When i walked in, everyone was transfixed watching TV. For a few hours we didn't eat, didnt move, just sat and stared at the television.
Eventually, I got up and went to my bedroom. I fixed a big drink of scotch and sat down in front of my own idiot box. I woke up at 4 am in my recliner with my 45 auto sitting by my chair.
I got up, turned on my computer, and an ex girlfriend had sent me an e-mail with the message line of ARE WE AT WAR?
I told her we were...and I wasn't lying.