If your mother says she loves you....

In Mike Johnson's blog, The Online Photographer, he comments on the erroneous report that Kuwait had banned the use of DSLRs by non-journalists.  In the article he makes an interesting observation, to wit: . "It's a human characteristic that the more we hear something, and from more different sources—and the better a story it is!—the more it enters our consciousness, and the more we tend to lend credence to it. (It's the foundations of advertising, and now, unfortunately, politics too.)" 

This astute observation is sad but true. We should all take note of this when we enter the poll booth to ensure the basis of our vote is made on a clear understanding of the issues, properly researched and objectively analysed. The moral of this story is the old reporters credo "if your mother says she loves you, check it out." We can all learn from that ...you can read the full blog article here.