Round
and Round We Go
 It
would be refreshing to hear a news anchor say "Monsanto
reports that it has the problem of unwanted corn
pest mutations associated with its Round-up product firmly
under control... Pfffft! Yeah! Right!" but it doesn't happen
because broadcast news doesn't tell the truth. It only
parrots the given information, pretending that the vast
majority of the public has the
memory and curiosity of goldfish and slyly winking at
the rest who actually pay attention. And if the parroted
information is misleading because Monsanto has part interest
in the
media
outlet
then that's the goldfish's public's
problem.
I mean, imagine if our national anchormen were more
than just pretty boys grabbing their ankles for oligarchs,
willing
to sell out the country for a fat paycheck.
Since newsmen with a fervor for truth aren't allowed on
national media we'll never hear one respond to
a story
about the possibility of invading Iran
with a snappy "Yeah, that worked out so
well
in Iraq!" and then throwing it to Bill for the latest
report on super-hurricane Debbie.
Even listening to NPR I was galled during the run-up to
the 2012 elections at the number of times the interviewers
allowed sitting Republican
congressmen
to
pitch their latest
talking-point/swill about what an evil, scheming, socialist
quisling this
president is without even once responding with a very reasonable
"What the hell is WRONG with you?"
YES! NPR!
The above critique, of course, excludes Fox News which
doesn't even try to hide the fact that they think their
viewers are all
blithering idiots. They are, after all, the ones who actually
tried to sell the idea that Germany generates record amounts
of
solar energy because
it's so much sunnier there. Better, ya know, that America
sticks to good old non-climate-destroying oil and gas.
(See video below.)
(Incidentally, Germans using solar energy is a commendable
thing. Solar technology would have gone a long way towards
keeping
Hitler's little mustache out of the Ploesti oil fields.)
What this all boils down to is the reason why I never
throw things at the TV when Rachel Maddow is on. She goes
"Pfffft!"
ALL
the
time, and I love her for it.
=Lefty=
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