Don't believe the news media, they lie by omission. I hear on the news all the time reports about things with so many details missing its impossible to figure out what the story was about.
Two tidbits of information does not a story make, but the media does this regularly.
They used words like "Trump refused to take the call." When the truth is he delayed taking the call because he was in the middle of a meeting.
There are so many lies like this in the media and on the internet we have to be careful to define terms and discern an attitude on the part of the reporter.
There are also numerous conspiracy theories and unproven accusations that it is impossible to know what is truth in these last days of deception.
Perhaps if it is something we have heard but have not been able to prove ourselves we should just leave it to alone giving it to God.
I heard a foolish man once say this; "it must be true I read it on the internet." We are living in such intense and widespread deception these days one could lose their mind in fear over things that are not even true.
Belief is a powerful thing, it can make someone physically ill if we let it penetrate our brains without filters.
If we read about something as dangerous, ponder it long enough to determine if there is anything concrete in the claim, then determine if thee is anything you can do about it, then let it go.
Fear is the devil's biggest weapon against a culture. If he can get believers running around terrified of every little thing without evidence, he can distract us from our calling, that is to live the Christian life with boldness in our witness.
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