The US Senate is ramming through the Health Care bill, having scheduled a Christmas Eve vote, and the top headlines of the day are the "Cat in the Jacket", Brittany Murphy OD's and Brazil to Return Boy to Father. Welcome to state controlled media. This must be what it feels like to be a Chinese national.
When everyone complains "And the media isn't even reporting it!", perhaps we should all come to realize we are living in the United States, where the media is very much under state control. Need proof? No you don't. Do you really?
Aside from the lack of real reporting being done on any side of the issues, how about the wave of new legislation being crafted to "bailout" the media? (Media Bailout)
Imagine, a "market failure" in the news industry? How could that occur? Well, I don't believe in a market failure in any context. You see, the market dictates demand, and apparently there is a shrinking demand for lapdog media parroting the official line. Truly independent media is thriving right now. At threat level red are the larger news players, who have long been partners of the establishment.
What happened to real journalism in the United States? Perhaps JFK knew more than he let on when he lectured to the American Newspaper Publishers Association (JFK Speech Transcription).
It seems that the media establishment has moved beyond just mere omissions of important truths and facts, and has evolved into an elaborate instrument of distraction. Everyday, the trivial and the unimportant are emphasized. The public, trying to "keep informed", does what they can to stay abreast of current issues. In their trying to be informed they face roadblocks of mind-retarding non-news.
So now the health care overhaul, which liberals lambaste as a "hollow, shell of a bill", is about to pass on to the desk of the president, where it will become law. Too bad this bill isn't a hollow shell. It is a cleverly designed tax scheme which will further devastate our economy and stifle innovation in one of the few industries Americans still lead in - health care.
Give up on the state controlled media. There are no answers for you there.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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