Another lingering reflection, from a recent Randoms...:
People who talk for a living and truth are not mutually inclusive.
Sometimes, in our society now, I really wonder if we realize this.
In other words, if someone is getting paid to talk, we need to think about where the money is coming from and how that is influencing what is being said.
After all, getting paid to talk requires an audience. You can't not recognize that what gets said has to be of interest to listeners — without an audience to cultivate, the money stops coming. Because that happens, a slippery-slope is nearly unavoidable; you have to keep finding things to maintain listener-base (controversy, drama, fear seem to work quite well)...even if you have to 'stretch' the truth — not to mention, make stuff up. You likely won't stop there, though, because the money needs to keep coming or it will just move to the next thing.
Talking and real thinking are not the same thing. A little of the latter, before the former, would really help.
But, that's probably not as much the issue...as the money involved.
