I love this post. How timely since just last night I was at someone's house thumbing through a magazine. What did I find in it? An article about this VERY thing. It was well laid out, the arguments for "fake news" and red herrings and all the other tricks that are used in "journalism." It was fascinating. I wish I could remember the name of the magazine. Oh well. You make some valid points. Often we are not truly open minded, but we just want to be right.