I used to wish I had a truth meter to test the statements we hear on the news every day, but I've come to realize that it would be practically worthless.
The problem is not so much the outright lies we hear, but the statements that are factual but deliberately designed to mislead. That, and the fact that our news sources determine which stories they choose to report and what slant they put on them, makes it almost impossible for anyone to know what to believe.
A case in point from our current impasse over a border wall -
A democratic senator pointed out (correctly) that the majority of illegal aliens in the country are actually people who came in legally but overstayed their visas. She offered this as proof that the wall was useless.
My congressman, Dan Crenshaw, refuted that argument by saying (I'm paraphrasing) that if you had a migraine and a broken foot, you wouldn't ignore the foot just because it wouldn't help your headache.
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