Lies

A friend told me that the country should only have one news program and it should tell the truth and so I told him to move to North Korea. In a free country, truth like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder, so the best bet is to have access to many versions of the truth and select what you are most comfortable or in too many cases what is most comforting. It requires a lot of work to dig into the news and many do not have the time or the inclination. Jefferson said, "An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic". It is difficult to define what is a lie. If you say some thing that is a lie but you believe it to be true, is that lie. Is exaggeration lying. If you lie to make someone feel better is that a lie. Does lying depend on intent. Is withholding pertinent information lying. Is taking things out of context lying. There are lies, damn lies and statistics. The questions go on an on.