That's it. I've had it. From now on I am going to get
all my news from
fark.com. The mainstream media has officially become a waste of time. CNN was just "analyzing" why Obama's lead in the polls isn't higher. No, really. They spent 10 minutes on it at least. Later, I expect Larry King to spend a full hour on UFOs, spirit mediums, Paris Hilton, and/or the latest feud on The View.
Even CNBC, supposedly a financial news channel, is so full of hot air that I can't watch
that anymore either. True journalists have become so rare that I see better investigative reporting happening on Entertainment Tonight.
Where are the reports of dozens of innocent children being killed in Iraq on a
daily basis? Where are the reports on the millions of people without health care, and the thousands that die each year because of it? Where is the incessant coverage of the Downing Street memo, the legalization of torture, the treasonous outing of a CIA agent, the hundreds upon hundreds of crimes committed by the president and the vice president of the United States?
All I see is "MSNBC, the place for politics!", or "CNN = Politics!"
Politics? Are you joking? They aren't talking about
health care. They aren't talking about
gun violence. They aren't talking about
illegal war. They aren't talking about
the economy. They aren't talking about
global warming. They aren't talking about
civil rights. They aren't talking about
social security. They aren't talking about
education. They aren't talking about
election fraud.
They're talking about Obama being too thin, or too black, or too white, or too young, or too tall, or too well spoken, or too stupid, or too smart, or too this or too that or too the other. They're talking about polls. And polls. And polls.
And polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls.
And polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls and polls.
This is not politics.
This is entertainment. This is a "horse race!" This is about
ratings. They're not interested in informing the people about that which is truly important, because what is important is not what is exciting. But more so, what is important is not what is in their best interests.
An informed population is a liberal population. An informed population is capable of critical thought, and critical thought brings about higher taxes for the rich (them), regulation of industry,
social programs for the less fortunate,
GUN CONTROL, universal health care, gay marriage.
They don't want to pay higher taxes, they run the industries that they don't want regulated, they don't want to pay for welfare or social security or health care, and they want to continue to scare people with guns, gays, and "God". (I put that in quotes because their only God is their money).
Well I'm done. I'm not doing this anymore. Goodbye television "news". I am not going to watch this tabloid trash any longer. The marginal cost of wasting my time with this nonsense has officially exceeded the marginal benefit. I'd rather search for the proverbial needle in the proverbial haystack than attempt to find a genuinely informing and important story among the agglomeration of cecotropes that commonly pass off as "news" these days.
GOOD. BYE.:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:
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