Posted by
The Elemental Chronicler on Monday, October 02, 2006 6:44:15 AM
It seems the riots have stopped in Hungary, else our news crews would be making sure to capture every blow of a police baton and a tear gas tracer and pipe bomb or malatov cocktail bursting into resisence flames of endearment which the American people seem to enjoy.
Now, here you have a Government, in which the Prime Minister comes out and says "Hey, We've been lying to our people for the last 4 years or so. I can't believe these people haven't gotten upset about it. We lied to get re-elected, we lied when we ate breakfast , we lied when we had board meetings, we lied when we had Press junkets, we lied when we had parliamentary procedures, we lied when we did anything...we lied, we lied, we lied...we lied all day, we lied every day...we lied for four years." Now, that isn't a direct quote, but...sadly...it is pretty close to the 30 minute rant of the PM who decided to come clean with a shrug of, "So, what do we do now? We can't keep up this absurd charade any longer".
Now, we have an admittedly corrupt regime in Bulgaria, whose piracy and corruption have caused the people to riot and go crazy for a while in order to figure out what kind of justice is necessary or even possible...and the Cameras cover it and its maybe page 3 type news, but it gets air time because it is so outrageously - funny... And, even though we have a recorded corrupt official...in Bulgaria...all the press can focus on is whether Clinton or Bush was more "pro-active" in their Bin Laden dealings. Has it not occurred to the viewers that we may need to learn how to deal with corruption?
What happened to Hungary?
What happened to the Liars?
Did they get ousted?
Are they operating with impunity and immunity?
Beyond a shadow of a doubt, these crummy mobsters have pirated a government and a democratic election, they have ran their country into the financial ground, and yet...with this resounding proof of impropriety...our news media just lets the story drop. Why?
This is the ultimate in pathetic, wish-wash, etch-a-sketch journalism. Something is happening in that country everyday; yet, the news is left on the cutting room floor in the mainstream...why?
Obviously, we need another question answered about a poll or a focus group, or another retired General to give analysis of the current situation in Iraq, when we all know Iraq is a
clusterf@ck of a logistical nightmare. The question isn't whether to cut and run...The question is, do we cut and nuke Iraq's neighbors, Iran and Syria?
Tack on to everything, the fact, that a bloodless Coup occurs in Thailand after a man worth 2 billion dollars comes to give a speech at the UN and is forced to call a state of Emergency Marshall Law to be instituted by the very people who are overthrowing him at the behest of the King and China - from an American Hotel room - yet noone is reporting on it...Why?
The Media is not there to give us information or give us a story anymore.
They are there to give us their story at their pace, when and if they decide to. It is a pirated myre of egotism and deceit and hate and pettiness.
The Corruption that exists in our bureaucratic government's inefficiency...is compunded exponentially, morphed and mutated into a celestial humdrum cocktail of a rubberneck colisseum in the private media world of spin...and no one notices, because they are only watching for an average of 43 minutes per day, split into two or three segments.
The American people don't want the whole story according to that study, so they don't deserve it...at least, as far as the moguls are concerned. There is no reason to delve into that which is uncomfortable...unless it increases division via soundbites, to generate more viewer loyalty...and increase the chances of another advertiser jumping on board to gain access to the sudden - new - forum.
Sad, sad are we.