See, that's the problem, it's always "what we hear." We trust everything published as matter of fact. Why do we do this? We indirectly become echoes and pawns

See, that's the problem, it's always "what we hear." We trust everything published as matter of fact. Why do we do this? We indirectly become echoes and pawns of whatever is strung around us. We shouldn't say something is factual based on reporting as if it were equivalent to events witnessed. How do we overcome this discrepancy as a species? It seems like a huge bug.