The Media
Specifically, the News Media; I guarantee they may possibly be one of my biggest daily annoyance. I have XM Radio in my car; therefore the news is on the television and computer in my home, my iPhone and my car. I have uninterrupted News Media coverage at my fingertips; 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I question sometimes why I bother to listen or why I feel the need to have it at such close proximity at all times!
Gripe #1
This goes pretty much across the board on “News” Channels – it is their lacking of fully discussing the news around the world. I know we live in the United States, but why do I have to hear about another country only in times of extreme events or tragedy, in relation to a States Persons Visit, as it relates/affects America or some totally absurd blip on someone famous? You would think that as much as the 24/7 Channel “Best News Station on Television” repeat themselves in an hour, they would be enthusiastically searching for more material. I am truly aggravated that I have to listen to Euro News, BBC or NPR (yes, I listen to it, love it and wonder how they can be accused of pushing a liberal agenda; I find them neutral and straight forward. Maybe I am wrong; I will admit that I am left leaning) to hear what is happening around the globe.
Gripe #2
Honestly, I don’t need to know what’s happening or how Charlie Sheen, Lindsey Lohan’s or whoever the celebrity badass of the week life is falling apart. And then to relentlessly beat that horse unrecognizable makes no sense to me. Makes me want to say that horse was dead two hours ago but if you want to keep on beating it, it’s your decision. More importantly, dreadful message you are sending out there to the young folk. My Breakdown: Look at Dick, Dick is rich and famous, Dick is a drug addict, Dick gets a lot of attention because he is a drug addict and has been very bad, Dick makes lots more money because he is getting attention because he is very bad and a drug addict, Don’t be like Dick! Really? You think that is encouragement not to be like Dick? More significantly, what have we learned…Nothing. You haven’t talk about the other, perhaps more relevant topics that actually do have substantial importance to the public and public health like the fact that the FDA has TAKEN CONTROL of THREE Johnston and Johnston Factories that produce the most commonly used pain relievers and antihistamines in the country…Not beating that one unrecognizable, are we? Why not? Hummmm!
***You may think that I am being hard on Addiction and I would say you are right but that I am also realistic. I lived with a struggling addict for 5 years and when you have lived in that world your view either becomes permanently twisted and distorted or you face it for what it is….Their problem that they have to deal with or not. Ultimately, it’s their choice and their life. I truly sense that what News Channels are inadvertently making all of their viewers unwitting Enablers. I fully comprehend what addiction does and any person dealing with it has my genuine empathy...but for my sanity it has to be from a distance.***
Gripe #3
The feeling-ers, the unfeeling-ers, the whiners, arrogant bastards, bigots, xenophobes of Cable News.
The Feeling-ers. Okay, I’m not going to lie about this FOX news has a very special place in my heart that I like to call “FIND your happy place NOW” spot. I can no longer watch or listen to FOX without a profanity leaving my mouth in record time. In fact, I call them FOX Feelings because much of what they say is based on one-sided opinions, unsupported or grossly inaccurate facts, near gossip-like propaganda style reporting, and a lot of “my feeling, I think, my opinion” with the attention span of a 1 year old and the memory of a hamster. I also refer to them as verbal junk food, but I digress. I think that MSNBC is relatively the same with the feelings thing; in their favor is their played-down version of sensationalized Jerry Springer style news reporting of FOX, but they make up for it with high marks on a couple of the other areas. HLN is no better with their feelings either. I want the News; not your feelings, your opinions or thoughts. I don’t want you to Google something for me because I probably know what it means already and moreover I know you are much intelligent than you are acting (and I do mean acting in the literal sense) or you wouldn’t be sitting where you are, my friend.
The Unfeeling-ers. This group, pretty much every News Channel gets an “F” on this for numerous reasons. A couple of do and don’t should be established with news agencies. New anchors need to behave principally compassionate and yet professionally detached from the subjects that they are reporting or persons they are interviewing. Don’t coarsely interrupt someone when they aren’t going in the direction you were looking for and DON’T repeatedly question them (even re-worded) any more than two maybe three times if you have reworded it. Don’t ask them to restate, or confirm or deny repeatedly either, because trust me I got it the first time. Listen to what the person you are interviewing has just said, because you will look like an asshole if you haven’t. And please stop with the “Moving forward/pushing on” crap because you are talking on the subject of the news not trying to finish a hike. Add those comments after a rather tragic story and you sound tactless and uninterested.
The Whiners. This is the groups that constantly bitches, moans and complains about everything without any valid solutions or willingness to embrace solutions either. Please don’t forget that you are a news agency if I want to watch a talk show, I will watch a talk show…right now I am watching a news channel.
Arrogant Bastards. Excuse me, CNN and FOX, could you please turn down the volume of your ego, thank you. I don’t need you to tell me over and over and over again that you are the Best. I would prefer to make my own judgment, Thanks.
The Bigots and Xenophobic. FYI, FOX NEWS….the US just might be the only country in the world that legally protects and permits you to spew out your particular brand of outrageous, shameful, inexcusable, intolerance and hateful rhetoric. Other countries would hold you accountable for your programming. Do you think about the dividing chasm that you are facilitating? It might be profitable, but how’s your conscience?
Wow, I feel better now. That’s all for now…
Stay Tuned: Next time, well let’s just say I am working on it….
I will agree with you on almost every point - except for FoxNews. They are the ONLY media outlet in the nation that is telling THE TRUTH about what is going on in our country. I'm telling you, there is a vast conspiracy underway brought forth by liberal socialists - this country is about to be a COMMUNIST NATION.
ReplyDeleteSilly anonymous, this country could never be communistic. And do you even really know what a communist nation is? The ones that have stated that they were communists were not really in the heart of it communists. They just labeled themselves that. A true communist society would have no leader, no king, no czar, no president. It would have a collective of people working together all at the same level and producing for the greater good of their collective society. As people are generally selfish, lazy, and always looking to exploit power, humans can never really have a communist society. It is good though that there are people screaming and yelling because all governments should be checked on and be made to be held responsible for the actions of their administration (and not the problems they inherited from the previous ruler) And Fox News has been proven time and time again with a little research that their facts are wrong. Hell just last month they had a huge 'news' story about the multiple bombings in maryland by terrorists. Which in reality turned out to be a disgruntled employee (american with only being a dick as his agenda) sent out packages that when opened would flame up. And if you looked at any of the writeups of these taxes that the conservatives are saying are going to ruin us, you would see that these taxes are for those that have been making tons of money and finding many many loopholes to not have to pay their share to fund this country. As a middle (okay lower middle) class citizen I take offense that these people have the balls to not want to contribute to the country that they are screaming patriotism for. Do you think that our country is funded on sprinkles and merriment? I pay my taxes because I want my ambulances, my public schools, I want someone to come and put out the fire in my home, and maybe someday I might actually get to have healthcare because I put money into the system. And if you are bitching about 'socialized' government healthcare you BETTER NOT be even thinking about EVER using medicare when you turn 65. And if you are bitching about the huge amount of debt we are in, um....its called the war we've been in for years. It's pricey to haul all our boys and girls over there to fight a culture we don't understand and can never win against. And by the way have the balls to put your name down. Anonymous is a cowards label. I put my name in freely and with pride. For isn't that why we are in this country, to be able to speak our mind?
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