I received an email today about a very important topic:

"The US Supreme Court desire to remove all crosses from Feberal Property."

It was an interesting email and well presented and argued.

I even wrote a little article about it.

When I finished,  I tried to find the internet link to the actual story.

That was not so easy, because I discovered that the Story was false.

Part of the Email:

No Crosses on Federal Property

Did you see in the news last week where the Supreme Court doesn't want any crosses on Federal Property.

What is The Truth?

While I was trying to find a source article for the email I came across the Snopes website and an article entitled: 'Grave Concerns' at http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/cemetery.asp.

Here is a copy of the introduction to that article:

The Email leads one to think that the Cemetery in the photo is Arlington National Cemetery, when in fact it is an American Cemetery in Europe.

The intent of such emails is to rouse people's emotions to such a degree that they will rise up to protest something which is not actually true.

This is a common tactic in media today.  Whether it be taking photos out of one context and putting them into another story to add 'tension' or 'outrage'; or whether it just be telling one side of a story; or whether it be by leaving out critical pieces of information, the purpose of such misdirection is nothing but a self-serving attempt to push an agenda.

No issue is exempt from this type of public misinformation. Whether it be stories or photographs; whether it be war or peace; whether it be about 'spanking children' or 'abortion'; whether it be false photographs from Tibet, Israel, Palestine, Iraq or at home, the purpose is to persuade people to believe a lie and rise up in protest.

When it comes to public protest however,  nothing says it as well as this photo I received in an email, that originates from somewhere within the 'Nearly Good' Website: http://nearlygood.com/

R.P.BenDedek

Email: rpbendedek@kingscalendar.com