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Daydream Believers
August 19, 2009
The persistence of myths underscores the need for relentless reporting.
Chico Marx once famously asked, "Who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?"
America has become a country filled with people who stubbornly continue to believe what they want to believe, regardless of the facts.(...)
It's the job of journalists to sort out such contretemps, to determine where the truth lies. But what do you do when a significant portion of the electorate ignores the findings?