Quote Originally Posted by ColinWeaver View Post
The other problem is that people seldom see/read corrections to news stories so many blindly believe what they read the first time and move along through life with misinformation.

This whole python ordeal and the lies told by television and news outlets has taken my cynicism to a whole new level. Whenever I watch a supposedly educational show on some topic with which I'm not familiar (NatGeo or Discovery Channel, etc.) I find myself wondering how much they are crap they are selling me on those topics, too.
Thats one reason i dont watch those channels and have them blocked from showing up on my channel list. I dont want to be fed something thats crap about a species i know nothing about, THINKING its adequate information. Which happens all the time when they have snake episodes and ppl think their being fed the truth.