Digging Deep

I’ve reported before about ‘vetting’ and ‘fact checks’ but it still seems that everything in the news is under investigation.

If a crime is reported it is fully understood that the boys-in-blue will investigate. A car crash, a house fire, the discovery of a corpse should all go into an investigation file.

Lots of pictures from every angle will be taken, measurements will be made, questions asked of witnesses and reports written.

The news reports the time and location and possible a name or two but never a conclusion.

Every questionable statement or observation becomes an investigation.

How many and who was and where did that and what about?

Committees can ask questions and studies can be made and data gathered to be analysis.

What about the people who are asking the questions? What are their preconceived bias filtering the answers?

Digging deeper can find personal perceptions and prejudice so keep digging.

Why do they drive that car or live in that neighborhood? What is their family background? Who bought that jacket? Where did they get that haircut?

Check back and find their school records. Interrogate the teachers and preachers and the mothers and fathers. Check the underwear.

The paparazzi will fill in who, what, where, when and why with blurry cell phone images and talking heads to give opinions and ultimate judgments.

Are you still paying attention or have you move onto the next flash.

As we wait for a conclusion to the investigation, there will be another and another layer so keep digging for the truth.