Opinion

So What is Truth? In this era of social media and misinformation, how can we possibly know what to believe? Last winter our community hosted a group of international journalists with the World Press Institute, and one of them, believe it or not, worked for the BBC as a “Disinformation Specialist.” What??? What is this world coming to? It’s interesting to note that there’s a difference between Misinformation and Disinformation. Misinformation is defined as inaccuracies that stem from inadvertent error, sort of like gossip based on a truth.

University of Minnesota Extension Provides Services for All Cook County Residents University of Minnesota Extension’s mission is to make a difference by connecting community needs and University resources to address critical issues in Minnesota. Here in Cook County, we have a local Extension office staffed by an Extension Educator.

“How long before you save us from all this violence? Why do you make me watch such terrible injustice? Why do you allow violence, lawlessness, crime, and cruelty to spread everywhere? Laws cannot be enforced; justice is always the loser; criminals crowd out honest people and twist the laws around.” In 1947 a Bedouin shepherd happened across several old scrolls preserved in earthenware vessels hidden in caves above the Dead Sea. Many of the hand-written ancient parchments contained biblical texts of the Old Testament, some thousand years older than previously known Hebrew manuscripts.

Andrea Orest Public Health Educator Cook County Public Health and Human Services Avoiding Substance Misuse: Risk and protective factors We are all influenced by our environment every day. Some of these influences create a positive effect and some produce a negative effect.