Reality vs. Truth

What’s wrong with wikepedia?

Inaccurate online websites

• http://www.d-b.net/dti/• http://www.improbable.com/airchives/classic

al/cat/cat.html• http://www.theonion.com/

Reality TV• Lets watch a clip from “The Bachelor Pad”http://abc.go.com/watch/bachelor-pad/SH5573770/VD5582096/week-4-part-2Thoughts on the following:The Real World: Heavy editingAmerican Idol

http://cashpeters.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/american-idol-fixed-or-rigged-you-decide/

Jersey Shore http://misstilaomg.com/2010/09/01/jersey-shore-called-out-for-being-fake-and-scripted-show/

Propaganda

• http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/posters2.htm

• http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-posters/american.htm

http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-posters/uk-ww2.htm

Religion

• Religious compilation of books of the Bible shaped truth (Council of Nicea held in 325AD)

• Minor shifts within religious views (Sunni {first four caliphs and successors} vs. Shiite {followers of Ali} Muslims)

• Mormon’s Golden Tablet is not make available for viewing

• Ethiopian Orthodox Church is said to hold the Ark of the Covenant

Legal System

• Rod Blagojevich (insists accusations of bribery are a fabrication)

• OJ Simpson (the glove incident)• Bill Clinton (“I will not tell a lie”)• Any average trial. Truth is determined by

evidence admissible in court. What about evidence obtained incorrectly but still proves innocence or guilt?

Advertisement• Does the food look the same as in commercials? • Will a perfume or cologne make you look as

attractive as a model?• For a long time, cigarette and alcohol commercials

celebrated sexuality. The message was “if you smoke and drink you are going to be more attractive.” The truth is the opposite.

• Check out what airbrushing did for Twiggy. We can’t trust photos anymore because of Photoshop. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1204002/Ban-airbrushing-magazines-posters-ruins-teen-self-esteem-say-Liberal-Democrats.html