Today I read a short article that discusses how drug manufacturer Merck created their own medical journal to publish articles favorable to their products. FOX news routinely reports politically biased reports and conveys opinion as fact. If there is one danger with the internet and current media, it is this; That spin will be seen as fact due to exposure and frequency.

So how do wqe counteract this? Does creating more noise solve it? Perhaps, to some extent, getting fact out helps and using media that is willing to expose the lie, yes. But really, what needs to be done is harder than that. Americans need to be taught to understand how to research - how to get tot he facts, through the noise and they need to be motivated to do it. The people responsibile for this kind of deception largely count on a lazy and uncritical public.

It needs to start with our children and teach them how to discern. I've done this with my daughter, but it requires diligence and work and needs to be refreshed.

Hitler and the Nazi movement were masters of misinformation. They are an ultimate example of what can happen when we take biased material and present it as fact. Each bit of misinformation damages the truth, by making it seem like just another arguement in a sea of agruements. This is how evil gets it's way.

We will see in the coming months, attacks on facts regarding healthcare, business, fuel and other items related to the presidents agenda. We need to all do our part in educating our children, neighbors and friends regarding the myths. Businesses and political interests will pour millions into misinformation, to avoid losing the billions they currently recieve from the governement or in many cases, the lack of governement action. They will fight to defend the status quo. Change represents loss of revenue or loss of political advantage. We need to make sure that the truth is heard above their distraction and agenda's like healthcare for everyone be passed into law.