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I know this often comes as a shock to learned society, but the people who bring you your news actually have opinions. And these opinions, when strong enough, become causes. And once they are a cause what gets printed (or broadcast) is propaganda. The Chinese recently reported in their papers a successful space launch. And they were so excited about this that they reported it before it happened. You see, the success of the communist government as a cause for communists and so propaganda is all they can speak.

It is very tempting to consider communists a special subset of humanity and to shake our heads and pity those poor souls forced to live in a society constructed on deception. But know this: the cancer is not contained. Whenever strong views and influence converge you will get propaganda. And just so we are clear, "propaganda" is a polite word for "lie". Even though it is a lie sprinkled with a noticeable dose of truth. There are and have been many issues that our own esteemed press has felt very strongly about. And the result is always the same, the water of information that they serve you becomes more and more cloudy until the concoction threatens the health of your mind.