The Right-wing Media and You

Oh boy, oh boy oh boy.

This isn't a commentary about an article I read, per se, but rather a commentary on the blatant disregard for news that our media takes when it comes to reporting it.

If you follow the news at all, like I do, you'll see that some news stations are better than others...at reporting entertainment. It's sick when the OJ Simpson trial or whatever the hell it was gets more attention by Faux News than the Blackwater scandal that's ripping apart British headlines. When Britney Spears warrants more media attention than the war in Iraq does, it's a bad day in news.

But there's a reason. See, in the White House, there's a thing called the "Spin Room." It used to be called the "Press Room," but anyone connected with that room couldn't legally call it that because there's too much lying going on. Now, here are the rules of the "Spin Room:"

1. No reporting on anything you have heard.
2. No asking relavent questions.
3. No photographs showing the President in a bad light.
4. No doing your job as Press Corps Agents and actually reporting the news.
5. You must print the story that the White House has given for you (copies on the back table).
The penalty for breaking even one rule is blacklistment from any future journalism jobs.

Now, we here at Freadom Meadows believe in a free press. One that is not burdened or hampered by the mass amounts of lies and spin that is directly fed from the hand of the Bush Administration. We believe in Walter Cronkite. We believe in Dan Rather. We believe in the news.

Because the news of today is nothing. It's run by a trust of media conglomerates who pander to the White House because they don't want bad things happening to their families. The only person who doesn't have to fear is Rupert Murdoch, and the only reason why that is is that he and George Bush, Jr. have pillowfights on Friday nights. Sometimes, it goes a bit further than that, but we'll respect the privacy of the President.

The news is no longer news. If you want news, read Common Dreams, or the Daily Kos, or the BBC.

-Anteaus