So during the crisis in Syria, apparently the mass media felt we needed a break from the real life version of reality and gave us a slice of the new American "reality" via Miley Cyrus and her inability to properly twerk.
It's bad enough that we actually have to source our news stations and news journalists' work. But now we're being prompted to watch some poor, misguided youngster try to shake her jelly roll? Aren't there just about a million other stories out there that qualify as hard news that we need to be hearing about? Again, how about Syria?
And while we're on the topic of Syria, why can't we get more reporting on the DETAILS? I'd like to hear more about Syria and their relationship with Iran and Russia. I'd like to hear more about the insurgents. Are they really riddled with Al Qaeda? Would we really be helping out the same denomination of the radical element of Islam that perpetrated the 9/11 travesty? And what about their chemical weapons? One day, reportedly Assad was responsible for their use. The next it may have been used by his government, but not directly authorized by the Syrian president himself. The next day we hear something different.
So come on, mass media. Do your job. Do the digging, the real investigative reporting, and find out the truth to the important stories. The American people deserve no less than your best!
Allen,
ReplyDeleteI brought up a similar point in one of my posts and I think you got it right on. Between Syria, North Korea, Iran, the economy, ObamaCare, and dozens of other issues, why is the media feel the need to distract Americans from what is really going on? I haven't seen every one of his broadcasts, but I can imagine that Walter Cronkite would not stop talking about the Vietnam War for a story of whoever was the Miley Cyrus at the time. In fact, during the Iran hostage crisis, Cronkite ended his show every night with the number of days that they were held. You better believe this put a lot of pressure on government officials given the popularity of Cronkite's show. It's unfortunate that our news media is shifting towards a combination of "real" news and entertainment news. When is the last time that we had a journalism story like the Watergate scandal that Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein investigated? Well to answer my own question, I'm not sure. But we have the perfect opportunity with Benghazi, but it does not seem as if any journalists are taking the reigns on it (now maybe they are, but it's not public knowledge as far as I know). Anyways, I think you brought up an important issue of the mass media distracting us from important issues that are going on.
Thanks for the shout out, Aaron. But I have to very respectfully disagree with you on Benghazi. I think Issa has already beaten that horse to death and nothing ever really shook out. Fox certainly covered it to death, but to no avail. I really don't think there's any scandal there.
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