THE GENTILE RANTS: THE MEDIA

To begin with when I use the term media in this rant I mean news outlets. Television, radio, newspapers etc. I am no scholar on the media. I do not know of the "theory " behind the media other than it should be keeping people informed. I have this image in my mind of reporters, a Lois Lane looking lady or a Clark Kent looking guy looking for answers like a CSI. Scouring far and wide for the truth at their own risk, just to keep us informed of what is going on. Helping to keep our government transparent through tough questioning and not cowering to some arrogant agent of some unaccountable administration or squelching the truth for a price. In the USA millions of people depend on the media for information, they trust the media. They have the same image in their head about the media and reporters I do.
We all know that is not the media today. Media outlets are bought and paid for by people who want to forward their own agenda. I would hope that they would want to be honest and factually correct. One would think with many different owners there would be a large amount of real information to be pursued. What with Iraq, Iran , North Korea, China, an economy that appears to be headed for a downturn, an administration that is pushing all borders of legality etc at the national level. No that hardly warrants airtime, but WHOA! Anna Nichole Smith died and its’ a circus, lets make sure we get every sordid , grim little detail we can dig up, we can drag this out for two , maybe even three weeks or more. I am sorry she died and I mean no disrespect to the dead, but is this really an earth shattering event that requires in depth, over the top reporting to the masses? Instead of prying for the truth from the people who are undermining the laws of this nation, our lawmakers, the media would prefer to give them a pass and hound some dead womans family beyond all reality. I bet Anne Nicholes’ family and loved ones would have appreciated a pass on all of the incredibly in depth coverage, the airing of personal laundry etc. How about this as a story, "Why is a congressman who had $105,000 in cash( ill gotten gain) in his freezer still in congress? Not only that , he is about to be put on the "Homeland Security Committee" because he couldn’t make it in the "Ethics Committee"". WHAT!? I am quite sure I must be making this up. A real reporter wouldn’t let something this juicy go, would they? WHY ? This is "Political Correctness" at work, the situation doesn’t further the agenda, squelch the media,"It’s a non-story people , just keep moving , nothing to see here" Look, we are at war. Men are dying. Our administration has painted this nation into a corner on many issues including the war , they have NEVER been fully honest about exactly who our enemy is and why that enemy wants to kill us and the best the media can do is to drag out this girls untimely death. My guess is the truth just isn’t paying well these days for the media.( just like politics) They have to put something quick, kind of legitimate sounding out there, that somehow appears to be addressing what is happening in the world, just to keep up the appearance of legitimacy as a news outlet and keep those big checks rolling in. The real news is "cleansed " so as not to offend. The truth is edited into some meaningless blurb slipped into some obscure spot in a broadcast or newspaper, thats if it even makes it that far.( straw man media outlet)" Oh my, we just can’t mention that race or that religion or that country or men or women or what crime may have been committed or........" on and on. The political correctness drones on and on ad nauseam. Funny thing. It is not limited to one political party or another, or one group or association etc, it is everywhere. It is being pushed into every fiber of this nation. The engine, greed, the reward , money, the end result, our ultimate demise. Sad thing is that many of these people, the politically correct, own our media outlets and influence the political system, on both sides of the aisle, in places where they could make a difference. They choose not to make a difference. They bow to the almighty buck. If someone shows the money,( straw man media outlet) "what the heck we’ll make your pitch, even if it means stealing a little bit of America ."( straw man media outlet) "Oh you say you don’t want us to mention what...no problem the people will never know." I am waiting to see the spin on weather in the future.
There is a Saudi Arabian prince who bought into CNN, I believe he is the same one who offered Rudi Guilianni $10,000,000 after 9/11. This prince was watching when CNN broke the news about the riots in France, you know where the muslims rioted and looted and carried on like they do. CNNs headline read "Muslim riots". A phone call was made and the headline was changed. Interesting. It makes one wonder who is pulling what strings and to what end. What better method of reaching millions of people with false , misleading information than the media. I am saying if you are rich , you are in charge of the message. I am also saying do not equate financial wealth with morals. I am saying look at the people with money buying into the media, not just from this country, from all over the world, what could they possibly want to tell us. Why can’t they allow us to hear the truth. What benefit is there to distracting us from real world events with superfluous news of a young womans death. This is just one example of controlling the message and the usurping of freedom of speech, something that is happening over and over in this country. These are the people who own the media; While freedom of speech lies there dying they bring flowers instead of help. And if you think "there is always the blogosphere, its safe" , guess again. The European Union is trying take charge of the system that gives addresses to the internet in order to change protocol, all in order to squelch the truth. If they deem you offensive, it will be almost impossible for someone to access your blog or website, they will make it happen.
Freedom of speech, so important to a free nation, the journalists’ tool, is now being undermined by the people who utilize it as a business, people who should be defending it. Politicians are already on this page!