Although I get frustrated because I wish humanity in general were better, it's darned near impossible to be objective. Er...that's MY version of 'better'.

What I really resent is being told what I should believe and being assumed to be stupid enough that I won't notice. I don't care which side is doing the spinning. It can be especially aggravating if I DO agree with the person.

As I can't seem to remember any names today, does anyone remember the guy who was on CNN a lot during the Gulf War? Older African-American man, deep voice. I wonder where he is these days. I remember seeing him being interviewed once. He was asked his opinions about the war and refused to answer on the grounds that the public trusted him to be as objective as possible. I suppose it's possible that one could lose confidence simply by stating an opinion people didn't agree with no matter how objectively one reported. He also said something else that I still remember: that he couldn't BE the news and still REPORT the news.