[Deathstar 80]

I've been watching CNN, Fox News, and Bloomberg for the past few months. Something that I've noticed is that it's very difficult to find the truth, especially about our national debt. I've thankfully done my own research about this and know what to believe. But for someone who hasn't done their own research, it would be very difficult to find the truth.

For example, some people on the news said that defaulting on our debt would be catastrophic for our economy. However, there were others who said that it wouldn't effect our country at all. I honestly don't know the answer to this, but I'm sure you get my point.

There are more examples that I can think of, but they could possibly be linked to political reasons of why there are two sides that disagree with each other (which is not the purpose of this thread and, therefore, I prefer to avoid). The point that I'm making is that while there should be one, completely truthful answer that should be given to us, the media is unable to give us that answer. Therefore, it's very confusing to some people to understand why we're greatly debating over government spending, why we're talking about defaulting on our debt, why our national credit rating has been downgraded, etc. To me, it makes sense because I've done my own research. To a person who has never been informed about this - like the average American - it would be much more difficult to understand.

In short, the media seems to be unable to give us the truth. And I know that there are sometimes political reasons of why each of the media channels give the answers that they do, but the point I'm making is that they don't always give us the truth that we expect from them. I thought of making this thread to explain to everyone that if you're absolutely confused with what's happening to our country, you're not alone. Don't fully rely on the media to explain anything to you. Please research yourself on what's happening to our country and on any important media stories.