A woman’s health advocate that I follow bemoaned the fact that a
great article on her cause blatantly lied in the headline stating that she’d
cured herself of the disease. She was
disheartened by the media error but understood the reality: she could ask for a
correction, but not necessarily get it, even though it was a blatant lie.
This is a microcosm of the sad state of our media actually. It's never about the truth but the
headlines. When we don't investigate and do our own research,
especially as it relates not only to our health but our government, and just listen to the headlines and talking heads, we're
not getting the whole story, or maybe even a correct one.
Look at two very different headlines regarding the recent Gallup
poll showing Obama’s approval rating dropped to 37%.
Associated
Press: Poll: No Heroes in Shutdown, GOP Gets Most Blame
Fox News: Gallup: Obama
Approval Rating Nears Historic Lows
What is the take away here?
Obviously that news is slanted to fit the political ideologies of the
editorial staff. Make no mistake, if the
editor is pro-Obama, then the headline won’t scream a bad approval rating or offer the total truth in reporting.
As thinking, intelligent women and men, we owe it to ourselves,
our friends and families to "question everything” and not just take the
news as fact.
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