[kemiller2002]

About 20 years ago I listened to a photographer talk about his photos of a community hospital. Someone asked him why did he chose this as the work he wanted to pursue. He said (paraphrasing), "When I really want to find out about something, I go study it. I don't listen to the news or read someone's opinion. I really wanted to see what healthcare in America was like, so I convinced a hospital to let me photograph their daily activities for use in their marketing." I try to follow that advice. I largely don't pay attention to the internet, or the news. I skim current events, but beyond that I largely don't deal with it. If I want to learn something, I spend the time to go find out for myself.

I haven't heard this phrase for a while. I learned Scooby-Doo and my dad explained what it meant to me when I was like 5. "Only believe half of what you read and nothing that you see." We've been fabricating news since the beginning of time. It's just more apparent now. The internet didn't start it. It just made it more apparent since more people are in the propaganda game now.