09-11-2006, 04:52 PM
Bismillah
I majored in journalism for a minute and you are correct. It is the same for history. In a search for truth, one can't but help have previous life influence and bias enter the mix.
For while in the Iraq war, I would watch a combo of national news, bbc, and al-jazeera and hope that the truth met in the middle somewhere. I'll never know for sure.
I usually listen more to people who have experienced firsthand any event. But even then...