Spin

FoxNews used to use the tag line “The No Spin Network”, implying that they gave the news without bias. We know, now more than ever, that this claim is impossible to perform. It seems that all news reporting comes tainted with the agenda and biases of the reporter and his or hers news company.

Headlines are written and spoken to garner attention. This is often done by misleading the listener or reader. I have been disappointed after reading a news story based upon the title, only to find that the story was about something else entirely.

So now it is incumbant upon us to understand the reporter’s leanings before we believe the report. Most of us are not so concerned with the truth anyway. We are just looking for information to support our own opinions, so we go to sources that have the same biases as we do.

This being the case, how do we ever cross the cultural divide to be able to understand people of different origins, ethnic, or religious backgrounds? Are we doomed to interminable misunderstandings and mistrust? Is there some way to break down walls between us?

The Bible says there is a way we can understand each other and begin to trust each other. Ephesians 2:14 says, “For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility”. We can trust Jesus to bring us peace with each other. He has broken down all dividing walls between us. He takes away the hostility. In him we are loved and exalted into one body.