Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. — Thomas Jefferson, 1807

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A college professor told a class I was in to never read just one newspaper. Read both sides of a story and presume what actually happened is somewhere in the middle of what each one reported. Any news account is simply a single point of view.

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I agree but sometimes there is no truth at all. But you're getting the idea. :)