There's an old saying...
There are three sides to every story: this side, the other side, and the Facts...
If you want something nearest the truth, don't just accept blindly what you are told; do a little bit of effort and seek out the other side of the story, and, pretty much, whatever can be agreed upon by both sides without adjectives/adverbs/embellishment is usually the truth; if nothing remains after parsing out the chaff, then the whole thing is likely BS; don't trust what you're told, trust what you can actually prove and know...
I defer to a former President on these matters: "Trust, but verify"...
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