The title here references a thesis put forth by Herr Brecht in the 1920's: I shall take care not to try to prove or disprove the thesis in the course of writing this political blog. It is the tendency of all journalism to establish credibility in order to leverage it for some purpose; for those with good intentions, the credibility is leveraged to prove one's view of the world. From the internet, the curious get the right to choose quickly whose credibility goes the furthest when they wish to consider it.