mass hysteria (Score 1)

So, you believe everything you read -- or don't read? Here's the source of all this disinformation -- an unsigned editorial in the Detroit News -- http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2 007704060333. The author does not cite his source for this idea, but cleverly talks about it alongside of other issues and proposals and mentions the name of the Democratic leader of the House to imply he's responsible without actually saying so. You don't really know from this whether anyone actually proposed any such thing, or what support it got. And this is the only reference for the CNET commentary. If this were really news, why isn't it reported as news by anyone anywhere? But the Detroit News got you all riled up against the Democrats in Congress, so they achieved their objective. They were counting on you to not dig any deeper, and you kindly obliged. These are the very same tricks that got us where we are in Iraq. You would think we'd be more inquisitive by now about facts and sources. Is it any wonder this "news" paper, more aptly named The Detroit Rumor Monger, could not survive without merging with the only other paper in town?