Reply #8: I'm just saying that if one simply believes the press without questioning intent,

[FrenchieCat]

than one is a fool.

In reference to the stifling of anything, who on earth are you talking about?
And who is blindly "following" anyone?

I ask these questions because you are clearly attempting to say something more than I.

I believe that we have all had enough experience with the media to understand that whatever they say,
is not to be taken as fact, per se.

That was my only point.

Your point appears to be something else again.