Context carves a path to the truth. That is why it is so important. In showing good judgment and understanding of truth, it reigns supreme. Context shapes our perceptions by providing color, texture and reference points from which to discern truth. Its role in communication is to provide a framework, a kind of looking glass in which truth may be found.
Truth is omnipresent.
It is always there, although it may not be evident. Since facts are subject to interpretation, when they are reported out of context we commit the sin of omission. That blows our credibility because it distorts the facts. Take the case of a professor at Harvard Law School and a public policy professor at Duke University who teamed to study the role political clout plays in influencing cleanup decisions at Superfund sites. They concluded that political clout rather than the number of cases of cancer avoided determined the level of cleanup at Superfund sites.