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April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land; mixing memory and desire; stirring dull roots with spring rain
T.S. Eliot

The Blog, The Press, The Media: Everyone does it, so it must be OK, right?
Lawyers get paid considerable sums to do it. Journalists do it on a daily basis. According to their critics, President George Bush and his Administration do it routinely. I’m sure that I do it, and no doubt you do it as well. Everyone does it, so it must be OK, right?
“It” refers to the cherry pick -- the careful selection of information to buttress a particular predetermined perspective while ignoring other information that does not. In other words, take the best and leave the rest.
· Cherry Picking
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