In light of our current crazy political environment I find this quote incredibly insightful:

“The effort to state an absolute fact is simply an attempt to achieve what is humanly impossible; all I can do is give you my interpretation of the facts.” — Ivy Lee, one of the first to practice the new field of public relations in the 1920s. (From These Truths, by Jill LePore, p. 412)

I hate to say it, but that guy got it right 100 years ago. It’s the environment in which we now exist.