I agree with you on that one. The first thing I always think about now is what could someones motives be. The conspiracies have been around for years and usually predict imminent doom, however there is also an industry of letter writers, survival products, film makers, and a host of others that are making money from the perpetuation of the stories. Oddly enough I used to listen to MSM and was totally locked into the politics of everything, however the Global Warming issue caused me to open my eyes and get educated. I realize GW is a hot issue and I do not want to start a debate on whether it is caused by man, but the point I am making is that it was the way the UN, politicians and the MSM tried to sell it to us. Hype of imminent doom, demonization of opponents(deniers), and an orchestrated attempt to suppress contradictory information that led me to mistrust government. I never watch or read any of the so called mainstream news media anymore. If I do happen to catch a bit of it, I now look at everything with a more open mind.