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 he talks to Jesus himself (John 18, 38). Today, with the newly developed capabilities of the internet "fake news"
 are a well-known challenge. But it is an old challenge: who controls the media controls the public
-opinion. Many leaders and men of poer have known this for a long time ...
+opinion. Many leaders and men of power have known this for a long time ...
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 First, there are facts. But facts alone need interpretation. If there is a cow on the road, what does
-that mean. Is it the first cow ever on the road? Is there always a cow on the road? How many cows are
+that mean? Is it the first cow ever on the road? Is there always a cow on the road? How many cows are
 usually on the road, on which road? Is the cow white or black or spotted? What does the black cow
 stand for? Why is a white cow dangerous?
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 ** Facts and Fake-News ...**
+It is a core part of politics to use facts to underpin an opinion. Any statement is a political statement.
+There are no facts which would not be political. Of course, everyone claims to stick to the facts only.
+Yet, there are no facts without interpretation!
+But knowing that facts need interpretation, it would be a lie to say that there would not be facts! Of
+course there are facts. There is a cow on the road. It is not a horse. It is not a cat. It is a cow. It
+is on the road now, not yesterday, not tomorrow. There are, indeed, facts!
+It is very difficult, to report facts. What level of detail do you want to go into to be precise? Do
+you want to describe the cow exactly? That is, if driven to its extreme, quite a nonsense and no one will
+ever be willing to listen to you. So you need to shorten your statements. You need to find a good
+way to communicate. It is not a lie to be brief and come to the point. But it can be a lie, if you
+leave out important facts which change the meaning!
+We live in a time where truth becomes important yet again. There is the truth which Jesus carried - he
+called himself the truth. There is much more to discover here, much deeper insight into what is true and
+good and reliable! Have a look into the Gospel of John!
 (Roland Potthast)
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