Truth about stories

• Story #1
• Five police cruisers torched, 40 protesters arrested as native anti-fracking rally turns violent. The National Post
• Police. Torched. Protesters Arrested. Native. Violent.
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• Story #2
• New Brunswick fracking protests are the frontline of a democratic fight. The Guardian
• New Brunswick. Protests. Frontline. Democratic.
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A number of years ago I listened to Thomas King as he gave the keynote address at a teacher’s convention. He said something along the lines of – “The truth about stories is that that’s all we are…We are responsible not only for the stories we tell but for those we choose to believe.”

So what do these stories tell us about their storytellers?

And which do you choose to believe? Remember. Only you are responsible for that.