Source: slate.com Cartoonist: Stuart Carlson
The media has complete control over a story, how much air time it should get, if that is any at all. The media decides whether something is newsworthy, even if that story is just a genocide. I understand priorities, I know it all and the problem in Darfur today is out-of-reach for most Americans. But think about it: why is it out of reach? The news networks and mainstream media decided to make it that way. Nobody can deny the power that the media holds when it comes to telling us what to talk about.
But let’s not give the media all the credit.
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truly said…. a celebrity catching cold is more important that a 1000 persons losing their life
The truth is that the failure of the media is intentional. Thats what we get when we alow corporations that are motivated purely by the pursuit of profit to control our public trusts (air waves, tv stations).
given a choice between state controlled media… which thinks the government is divine and an ineffective private media… I will any day go for the latter.
I don’t know why it has to be a choice between bad and bad. Can’t we just allow more divisity of voices both public and private.
Aww so many hidden meanings. The cartoon is funny. It’s a mirror image of the media, entertainment industry and our government. But let’s just enjoy the ironic humor in it!
we have blogs as a source of news now
Our government is no longer the keeper of the public trust. All areas of our government have been whored out to the highest bidder. Our only hope of reclaiming our republic is through revolution. I wish that the revolution would take the form of honesty, integrity, and individuals willing to confront their fears.
But, I dream. Our Republic is lost. Our values are now corrupted by the pursuit of profit. Individual Americans too caught up in their lives allowed this to happen and now it is too late to reverse course.
All we can do is hang on and wait till the ride is over.