> Scott Gomez <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Some "reality show" on TLC last night made a big deal about how some
> people
> were inadvertently burned when sparks set off the "highly flammable
> helium"
> in some balloons. Spelling and grammar? They're just not even on the
> horizon
> when people are making errors of fact like that one regularly.
>
At least the helium statement is an error of fact that you can recognise, what
about all the other (so called) facts where you have no way to verify them ?
Personally I find it hard to believe 100% *anything* I read in a newspaper, see
on
TV or hear on the radio, especially anything coming from a politician.
Wayne Harridge
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~w_harridge
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