The result of all this means we are hardly ever being given the unbiased truth about anything. Media exaggerates, manipulates, sensationalises, distorts and dramatises everything to create a programmed response in the viewer. It’s all a show. The real truth is being suppressed, but all the while we are being entertained, we keep on taking it in.

Having been the subject of media myself, I have seen this first hand. An article appeared in The Times about us that although was the result of a personal interview by the reporter, was incorrect on several factual areas. However, other newspapers and media copied the story and reported their own variation of the story. This has happened on several occasions. Chinese whispes… you better believe it!

Yes, we are being dumbed down, because the truth is NOT the issue in the mainstream media. What matters is a juicy story that grabs viewers/readers/listeners, etc. The unbiased truth is secondary to audience attention.

Why is this dumbing us down?

Because while we are being distracted and wowed and sensationalised by the media drama, the real truth is happening somewhere else, in different way and with real people. I personally would not believe anything the newspapers report, or the radio or TV. My experience is that it’s always biased and incomplete.

That means you and I know virtually nothing about the real world that comes to us via the media. It’s manipulated shadow of the real thing.

Food/ drugs/ education/ religion/ entertainment/ They are all there to take our eyes off the ball, while the real stories happen just out of sight…