And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king’s sons, and there is not one of them left.
Word got out that Absalom had murdered Amnon. But the word got out wrong. Reports were exaggerated that every one of the King’s children was dead. What’s more the king believed it.
I have learned over the years, and in part because of this text, to try not to accept negative reports, and to attempt not to respond, until the reports are verified. I do not always succeed, but I do try.
I have also learned that, if a negative thing has happened, the people quickest to report it are almost always the same ones that will assume the very worst and to exaggerate the negative.
It’s too bad, but anymore that’s how even the news reporters are.
- They want to be first out with the news,
- They want to get their new report heard, so very often
- They assume the worst and sensationalize it to boot
Almost never, I repeat, almost never are things as bad as they are initially reported.
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