Someone very astute recently pointed out a common, yet bizarre, mindset that most of us seem to have. In this mindset, we read a newspaper article written about ourselves and realize that the reporter got a lot of things wrong. We are angered over their lack of attention to the facts at hand, and their seemingly endless supply of "manufactured" truths. We hope everyone who reads the story about us is "smart enough" to realize it for what it is... It's poor reporting and sometimes downright lies. "They'll print anything to sell papers!" we proclaim to anyone who will hear.
Then, we promptly turn to the next article and drink in all of the "accurate" information about other people. We are shocked by what the others have done, which is evidenced by the very fact that it is written in the paper. It must be true, right? After all, it is written in the paper.
