Strange, isn't it? We live in an age where the word news has become the most misleading of all words. News once meant the truth. You bought your morning paper or switched on your TV set, and you knew what you were getting was facts. Uncomfortable sometimes, yes, but truth nonetheless. Today? Well, today, truth comes packaged, ribboned, and served with the flavour of whoever is paying the bill.

Which is why, as TV channels get bought over by political masters, the truth has quietly shifted. It has packed its little suitcase, left the TV studios, and sneaked into the laptops and mobile phones of millions. There, in small YouTube channels, in independent podcasts, in the determined voices of individuals who don't have billionaire owners breathing down their necks—you suddenly hear honesty again.

And strangely, it feels refreshing.

Of course, some old-timers don't always see it that way. "But I bought a 56-inch television!" they say. "How can I not watch news on it?" Like someone buying a grand dining table only to realise they just need a table for two. Truth is no longer being served on silver platters with dramatic music and 'Breaking News!' headlines. It's spoken in low-key voices, sometimes grainy, sometimes stammering—but real.

And isn't that what matters? Because when you hear a paid anchor yelling into the camera, don't you sometimes wonder, "Why is he so angry at me?" No, he's not angry at all. He's just performing—reading the script handed down by his masters.

Please understand, the louder the noise, the less the truth. The calmer the tone, the greater the honesty.

But then comes the real question: where do you tune in? Do you continue to feed on the official lie, like being spoon-fed dessert after dessert, till you no longer know what vegetables taste like? Or do you use that little gift God gave you—reasoning—and finally choose what makes sense?

Because, my friends, news today is no longer about facts. It is about the kind of person you want to be. Do you want to live in a make-believe world—where everything looks rosy because someone's painting the roses red on your behalf? Or do you prefer to step into reality, sometimes grey, sometimes harsh, but always truthful?

The choice is yours. The truth will out, as the old saying goes. It always does. But whether you'll see it when it does—well, that depends on whether you're still glued to that redundant channel with its thunderous voices, or you've had the courage to hear the voice of a lone man or woman daring to speak the truth.

So as you sit down with your remote in one hand and your conscience in the other, ask yourself: Am I switching on the lie, or tuning in to the truth?
Because there's no 'official' truth anymore...