Or: When so few real facts get into the knowledge stream in the first place, how does one judge?
It occurs to me that the changing face of 'reporting' events has the potential for much further-reaching effects than people might think.
It is easy to say that 'history will be the ultimate judge' as to whether or not a specific scenario was handled adequately, but that depends on history being able to judge the scenario dispassionately. This presupposes that history will have, as the bench from which judgement comes, the real facts of the case.
I am not sure it is any longer a given that history will be allowed the opportunity to judge some things dispassionately, the real facts of many current events may well be forever lost down the memory hole.
Update: I don't always like Kathleen Parker's perspective, but this one is spot on.
