Caveat lector

NewMexiKen read sometime back that during the Civil War some northern newspapers, when uncertain as to the reliability of dispatches sent by correspondents at the front, resorted to a standard headline that read:

Important, If True

Seems to me that pretty much applies across the board to cable news these days.

2 thoughts on “Caveat lector”

  1. For a second, I thought you wrote, “I read sometime back during the Civil War…” and I was going to say, I know you’re a grandpa but somehow I didn’t think you were quite *that* old.

    I agree with the thought. I’m wary of getting my news from any of the cable channels. Well, except for the Daily Show on Comedy Central.

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