The fgact of the matter is

In the first 75 years of my life, I may have heard the phrase,, (the fact of the matter is), once or twice a year. Recently it can be heard several times almost every day. The reason, of course, is the current media. They spin the facts, twist the news, have omissions, untruths and state whatever is necessary to fit their agenda. Honest and knowledgeable people are compelled  to use that phrase in order to set the record straight. What is most ironic is, that President Obama uses the phrase frequently when questioned by reporters on some of the severely spun news. He says, "the fact of the matter is," trying to satisfy his questioners and, spins another perfectly ridiculous tale. Thus, we still do not know what the fact of the matter is. However, there are those of us who pay close attention, get our information from fair and balanced sources, weigh the information and do know what the fact of the matter is. Let us hope there become more than enough of us to make it to the polls in 2016 and cast a proper vote so that the rest of the world will know what the fact of the matter really is. -------Grandpa Gordon