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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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 ** 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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