Eva Bartlett, an independent Canadian journalist who has been on the ground in Syria many times, answers a question from a colleague about the mainstream journalism coming out of Syria.
Always Question Authority
One of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority. ~ Hitchens
Always Question Authority 
What is extremely worrying is how the majority of people in the US and UK faithfully swallow all this propaganda without a murmur! As your heading suggests, Always question Authority! I suppose that is too difficult for the man in the street which is proven by the last US election which was attended mainly by non-thinkers. Check out John Pilger’s War and the Media, Media and War Conference, The War on Terror etc. Lies upon lies, disinformation etc. Go and find your own sources as long as they are not TV and newspapers. I suppose one cannot expect more from a people that actually believe in angels! Oh for an informed electorate!