Transcript Reality vs. Truth

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/bachelorpad/SH5573770/VD5582096/week-4-part-2
Thoughts on the following:
The Real World: Heavy editing
American Idol
http://cashpeters.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/america
n-idol-fixed-or-rigged-you-decide/
Jersey Shore
http://misstilaomg.com/2010/09/01/jersey-shore-calledout-for-being-fake-and-scripted-show/
Propaganda
• http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/pos
ters2.htm
• http://www.diggerhistory.info/pagesposters/american.htm
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pagesposters/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/article1204002/Ban-airbrushing-magazines-postersruins-teen-self-esteem-say-LiberalDemocrats.html