Thursday, August 12, 2010

UNSOUND BITES

IT SEEMS THAT AMERICANS CAN BE DIVIDED INTO 4 UNEQUAL GROUPS.
LET’S CALL THEM ‘BOXES’.

THE SMALLEST BOX IS FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO WANT TO KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE WORLD. THEY PURSUE INFORMATION FROM A BROAD RANGE OF SOURCES.
THEY TAKE IT ALL IN, PROCESS AND ANALYZE IT, THEN ANNOY US AT PARTIES.


THE SECOND BOX IS OVERFLOWING WITH PEOPLE WHO DON’T MUCH CARE ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE PLANET, UNLESS IT’S HAPPENIN’ ON THE JERSEY COAST.
THEY LIKE REALITY SHOWS AS LONG AS REALITY IS NOT INVOLVED.


THE FINAL TWO BOXES ARE FILLED WITH FOLKS---PROBABLY US--- WHO PRIMARILY ABSORB NEWS FROM EITHER SIDE OF THE GREAT RIFT.
WE ARE AT THE MERCY OF A MEDIA WHICH HAS LOST ITS ETHICAL WAY.
THE GATEKEEPERS ARE RETIRED.
THE RATINGS- MAKERS AND AGENDA-MEISTERS ARE RUNNING
THE SHOW NOW….AND, IT IS A SHOW.
OUR ‘NEWS’ IS MORE ABOUT CONFIRMATION THAN INFORMATION.
IT COMFORTS US AND ENDORSES OUR BELIEFS.
IT DEMONIZES THE ‘OTHERS’.
IT ALMOST NEVER GIVES US PARAGRAPHS.
IT HARDLY GIVES US SENTENCES.
IT OFFERS SELECTED WORDS…BITES.
WE LOSE.

10 comments:

ben's friend said...

Amen! Where is Edward R. Murrow when we need him? Instead of Edward we have Glenn.

quicksand said...

Or Sgt. Friday....The facts...just the facts...

ben's friend said...

O.K. I stand corrected. I should have said, "Where is Walter Cronkite when we need him."

rthgrl said...

I've recently come to the conclusion that it's pointless to really listen to the news and try to sort out the truth from any of it. It's all a show, just a trickle down of power, from behind the scenes. The real string holders...we'll never know their identities, so we cling to party sides and Presidents trying to pin the blame on an individual or their affiliations.

All the while, the real groups in control are way above them in the hierarchy...pulling unseen strings of which the recipients imagine is of their own choosing. The tug is effecting the outcome... The bite of news is all we "need" to know.

rthgrl said...
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Anonymous said...

Yet to some extent, WE have become the media. You share what is going on with other "folks" around the globe via facebook, email, google, youtube... this blog. We are starting an Information Revolution. Maybe when we blame the media, we are only pointing out our own incompetence.

quicksand said...

Dear rthgrl,
It does seem that the 'little' folks often spend their energies fighting over the symbolic things...while the dandies get the substance.

quicksand said...

Dear anon,
Interesting thought.
Sounds like we have become the carriers who spread the mis- information virus.
You have an. Article to write there!

Chris said...

Aww.. here I am in New Zealand and there is Peter King yapping away about how a mosque should not be built near Ground Zero - hollow ground, etc. Hmm, but the strip club and "adult" lingerie in the same area is ok? Go figure!

quicksand said...

Good point from down under.