i did not believe the information
It's a strange cultural climate to live in whereby leaders and people in authority are presumed to be lying before we've heard what they have to say but journalists are presumed to be telling the truth until it's shown they're not.
I was reading about Heath Ledger being surrounded by pill bottles in a red-top the other day, but I've read numerous accounts that say the police found his medication in the bathroom. I wasn't there so I don't think I could comment on who's telling the truth (although I know which version sounds more sensational), but I'm guessing that neither will have to publicly step back from their comments when the official police report is made public (if, indeed, it isn't already). And meanwhile people who've read either will go about secure in the knowledge that they know what all went down (in an admittedly trivial issue - trivial that is, to those not close to Heath).
So now we know that all people lie (or at least if you watch House you do), but what happens when the people that lie have their words reported by those who lie? Or when the people that lie have their words reported by those who lie and passed on by those who lie who've read the words.
It boggles the mind.
The Heath Ledger issue has awakened my mind to new depths of despair at the proliferation of the media. Just doing a google news search for him brings up such a multitude of articles all vying to get the scoop; the new angle. And yet who really knows the truth?
The actual spark for this thought was thinking about something else. People always assume the worst of change as directed by management. Or any authority. Maybe they've been burnt before, maybe they see the cracks in the argument. But the thought occurs that trying to second guess what might happen in the future based on assuming that the management is lying to you (but with no proof) is likely to be a stupendous waste of your time and energy.
I'd rather be the change, or move away from the change than always be complaining about the change.
It all screws with your head is what it does.
wordoverandout
As an aside, can anyone give me a decent synonym for headf*** (noun). I don't like to offend those of a sensitive disposition, but I can't for the life of me think of another noun that conveys the same meaning in such a concise way. As used in such phrases as "yeah I know, it's a bit of a headf*** isn't it" etc.)
I was reading about Heath Ledger being surrounded by pill bottles in a red-top the other day, but I've read numerous accounts that say the police found his medication in the bathroom. I wasn't there so I don't think I could comment on who's telling the truth (although I know which version sounds more sensational), but I'm guessing that neither will have to publicly step back from their comments when the official police report is made public (if, indeed, it isn't already). And meanwhile people who've read either will go about secure in the knowledge that they know what all went down (in an admittedly trivial issue - trivial that is, to those not close to Heath).
So now we know that all people lie (or at least if you watch House you do), but what happens when the people that lie have their words reported by those who lie? Or when the people that lie have their words reported by those who lie and passed on by those who lie who've read the words.
It boggles the mind.
The Heath Ledger issue has awakened my mind to new depths of despair at the proliferation of the media. Just doing a google news search for him brings up such a multitude of articles all vying to get the scoop; the new angle. And yet who really knows the truth?
The actual spark for this thought was thinking about something else. People always assume the worst of change as directed by management. Or any authority. Maybe they've been burnt before, maybe they see the cracks in the argument. But the thought occurs that trying to second guess what might happen in the future based on assuming that the management is lying to you (but with no proof) is likely to be a stupendous waste of your time and energy.
I'd rather be the change, or move away from the change than always be complaining about the change.
It all screws with your head is what it does.
wordoverandout
As an aside, can anyone give me a decent synonym for headf*** (noun). I don't like to offend those of a sensitive disposition, but I can't for the life of me think of another noun that conveys the same meaning in such a concise way. As used in such phrases as "yeah I know, it's a bit of a headf*** isn't it" etc.)
Labels: Heath Ledger, journalism, lying, musings, politics, subjective opinions
