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Published Brownsville Herald 1/8/2008
 During the recent days, I have been following the political debates, and primaries as well as the media news about the issues. After viewing the same story on three different channels, it became increasingly clear that no one tells the whole truth without embellishing or adding opinion as though it were part of the report.
This has contributed to a Nation that is so passionately polarized that the “folks” are formed into partisan groups sometimes based on information they “heard” from friends, on the “Comedy Channel” or from the many slanted reports from the media outlets committed to a particular view. This is further aggravated by government officers issuing less than straight forward information and others ineptly presenting complex information in an overly simple manner with a demeanor that would lead one to believe it to be inaccurate. Lastly, the government in its paranoia, sometimes well founded, intentionally misinforms or avoids clarifying the issues.
The bottom line is that one must search diligently to get the straight story; most don’t.
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