Big Lies, Big Crowds

I meet people who ask if Ron Paul is still in the race. The media would have Americans believe he isn't. The media is telling lies. It is their nature and purpose. 

As Thomas Jefferson wrote, If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

So who tells you what to believe? Or do you engage in critical thinking so you can detect absurdities and lies?