The Quality of Integrity
Honesty is a characteristic and a value that most people consider a requisite for successful interactions and moral fundamentality. When someone gives us reason to mistrust them, the damage is usually permanent. Unfortunately, our society rarely rewards honesty. Most of the media we consume is laced with a subliminal context and an ulterior motivations. Either to inform, persuade or entertain, and of these three the agenda of the publisher is undoubtedly influenced by money or popularity, succumbing to both in traditional business models. The popularity brings in the bacon and trending topics generate conversations which lead to new ideas designed to profit on the current affairs. So everyone sort of wins, especially where information and entertainment are involved, but except when there is a deficiency of integrity. As consumers, we're complaisant whilst companies provides us with our expectations, however as soon as there is a sign of a breach in that exchange, its quite possible...