To quote the Dead, “what a long strange trip it's been.” Where have all the reporters gone? The proliferation of “news” program has reduced the fourth estate to little more than a carnival show. How else to explain that Jon Stewart of Comedy Central provides us with more accurate reporting than all of these cable personalities combined. Witnessing the grilling of Cramer on the Daily Show, one cannot be left with no other impression, and it was admitted by Cramer, that these so called news personalities are little more than clowns. Before they exit the make-up room, they all should be fitted with a bright red nose.
There is no doubt that 24/7 coverage of events has done little to enhance our knowledge. The political programs are little more than forums for over-inflated "know-it-alls" who continue to expound their petty biases and opinions. I am a left leaning, maybe even radial left, person but even these pundits who wave the liberal banner are basically self absorb jesters who peddle their self promoting drivel. On the right, there are nothing but ideologues who pander the most uninformed political positions It would seem these pundits long for the days of caves and clubs.
The effect that these two elements have on the news produces a venue where pundits crawl out of their obscurity and pontificate. How else to explain the re-emergence of neo cons and spokespeople revising history before it is even written. That these failed bureaucrats are even given a forum can only be attributed to an overabundance of time. They are allowed to peddle their failed policies as if we haven't lived nay suffered from their actions. Yet we can hear them justify the unjust war with babble that defies the reasons they gave for it. They expound upon vague and unfounded reasons as if they were the truth. That fact they can't honestly accept their mistakes can be dismissed as a condition of ignorance and contempt for the truth. The fact they are given a forum to again fill the air waves with this nonsense is inexcusable.
Airing both sides of an issue is one thing, but to allow this parade of fools another airing is made possible because of an abundance of programs devoted to nonsense and with way too much available time. Has anyone taken note that every female host of a news program has been made up like a Barbie doll? I wish that all these cable programs take all the money and effort needed to get these “babes” and “kens” in costumes and make-up and spend it on journalism schooling for them instead.
We are rapidly approaching the day when all we will hear is babble. The fact that Cramer can look at Stewart and say they want to entertain people is a testament to the mindset that all this programming is little more than fabricated entertainment they want us to take seriously. As Stewart so eloquently retorted, “this ain't no f------- joke?”
There seems to be no end to this constant drivel being promoted as news and information. The cable news executives have reduced the fourth estate to a situation comedy. How else can you explain that the lies and distortions of facts constantly promoted by those who profit from their promotions are allowed to go unchecked while the personalities check their make up, grab their scripts, and go on air to keep us “informed.” All the awhile the great republic inches closer to its demise because a free press has become little more than a side show.
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