My Daily Musing

   I just love the news yesterday and this morning.
   We have heard over and over again yesterday about a woman who was fired because of "damning videos" that proved that she was a racist.
   Being a government employee, the government fired this individual.
   The problem?
   The video that was presented as "evidence" was only a partial video and once the entire video was viewed, everyone realized that there was no basis for the firing at all as well as no basis for any of the attacks that had taken place against this woman.
   So now people and groups are blaming each other for close-minded reporting, acting, et cetera.
   Let's call it what it is: Lies.
   Whenever we present a half-truth, we are lying. Pure and simple.
   Lying hurts people.
   We have a responsibility to cherish people and build people up, not to hurt them or to attempt to destroy them.
   Perhaps we can all learn a huge lesson from this episode.
   One of the lessons that I hope people learn is that what is presented to them on the television or radio or newspaper may not be the entire truth. We are constantly bombarded with half-truths to beef up a certain position or view.
   We need to look deeper. We cannot take a lot of this "stuff" that is flung at us at face value.
   I really, really, really hope that this opens up the eyes of many people.