It was an impression he had, McGrath. That impression my have been garnered from something he read or heard somewhere else, as you suggest. Quite probably.

Yes, facts are sacred, but here's the weird thing about facts: People usually only notice the facts they are inclined to look for in the first place, and they will allow those facts, and only those, to back up their established opinions. They will fail to notice, discount, or deny other facts and say that those other facts are rumour, hearsay, fabrications, lies, misconceptions, irrelevant, beside the point, etc...

And we all do it. Except maybe Mr Spock or Data from Star Trek. :-)

Given the fact that there are always more facts available than anyone can keep track of AND that the news media are themselves prejudiced in regard to which facts they deem worthy of reporting and which should be ignored...we are all operating on only part of the facts!

- LH