My mother, typically, I suspect, for her generation, had total faith in the media. If it was published in a newspaper or broadcast by radio or TV, it had to be true. Didn't it? No one would publish or broadcast anything they knew to be wrong or weren't sure about.
Mum died almost 30 years ago, and I have no idea if she would still be so trusting today if she was still with us. Perhaps she would be. Her faith in human nature and the fundamental decency of others ran deep. Mine, not so much.
Quite frankly, there are times now when I don't know what to believe.
