The subject of this posting is not political

I'm old.

Maybe, some of the readers can remember when TV commercials featured real people (that you knew) promoting and endorsing products and services. When shows had the disclaimer, "No animals were harmed in the making of this show?"

Fast-forward to today where, we have the technology to manipulate what you see on the screen via Computer Generated Imagery. There is no need for disclaimers because the Moose tangled up in the swing set isn't real, the squirrels in the trees are not real and, the Bulls running through the street in the insurance commercials aren't really "there".


CGI is used in commercials to make cars do tricks or appear to perform "Ballet" moves but, a disclaimer is flashed, "Do Not Try This At Home, Skilled Drivers on a close course!" What should be stated is, "This isn't real; never accept anything you see at face-value."

In the same manner the Orsen Wells manipulated the thoughts of the listening audience on the radio with "War of the Worlds", television shows, commercials and news broadcast are guilty of the same things.

17 years later, can you really trust the images you thought you saw on 9/11/2001?