Sardine wrote:...Suggest you going and have a read of some John Stuart Mills.
I love the Mills Brothers. Which was JS: lead or harmony?
John Stuart Mill was a pretty decent baritone, though. But I think he'd find anyone who thought the press reality's mirror naive in the extreme. For a number of reasons (not limited to political affiliation, institutional culture, degree of government proximity, audience, news values, 'fact' selection, omission, framing...) it's best to approach the press and broadcast media with maximum caution, a long memory (or a deep filing cabinet) and a degree in literary hermeneutics. No conspiracy needed, just open eyes.
Also, on the topic, anyone who's done jury service will know they can be fickle things indeed.