Distorted Truth

Let's talk about slanted reporting.
What is it?
It's basically misinformation.

Why is it important to know it's out there?
Well, would it bother you if you weren't getting told the whole story about a particular subject that affected you?
That's what slanted reporting revolves around. Bad.

Let's home in on an example.

Local Governments Turn Up The Heat On Gun Companies, Push For New ‘Smart Gun’ Technology

What's this one about?
It's about gun control.
What about it?
The report talks about how guns kill people.
In reality, guns don't kill people - people kill people.
The report states that "smart guns" will make it harder for criminals to operate handguns without a proper ID that's issued to that specific gun.
Nonsense. Who says criminals are going to use those types of guns anyways?

So what's it really saying?
I guess you could call it gun control without legislation.
It's only telling one side of the story really - drowning out the other.
Simply Anti-gun stories - not any Pro-gun stories.
This creates an impression.
An opinionated view.
A slanted view.
About guns.
It could be about anything.
It's important to realize slanted reporting happens all the time.
And then once you do realize this, the credibility of the information greatly diminishes -
Cause, why would you want to keep listening to what is, essentially a truth distorted?