In this time of trouble, I remembered my dad’s advice to me 20 years ago about how he kept the facts straight during Clinton’s impeachment:
- Don’t read articles with emotion-grabbing headlines
- Subscribe to the New York Times
- But don’t read about it in the New York Times unless the Washington Post says pretty much the same thing
- Subscribe to the Washington Post…even if you don’t plan on reading it
Funny how some random thing someone tells you when you’re barely listening eventually crops up again. I followed his advice to the letter, and suddenly Republicans stopped calling me retarded for telling them that I’ve always read both sides of the story before deciding how I feel. The New York Times is honest, but often keeps sources anonymous - if the anonymous source was a Washington Insider, then of course people who think Fox News is journalism (rather than entertainment) would rather not believe the Times.