News Media in Today's World

How do you feel about today's News Media?  Do you trust what you hear? Do they tell you everything and trust that you, as the adult hearing it, can make up your own mind? 

 

I, for one, cannot stomach the unrelenting diatribe that I hear on my local and world news.  I'm consistently being fed what they want me to hear, and not the full picture, i.e. not all sides.   I ask you…People..how many times can you listen to the Tiger Woods stuff and the endless line of women that are coming out of the woodwork? I don't want to know this crap.  This is not news!  But I'm being force fed these endless interviews until I shut the news off, so I don't see any of it.  And really, what is the point of watching anymore?  At least I can surf the web and get opposing sides of the stories and make up my own mind.

No, I'm not stupid enough to believe everything I read on the web….but at least the web offers me a choice.  It's getting to the point that we, the people, are being ridiculed if we don't agree with what we're being fed. 

 

Rachel Maddow appeared on David Letterman and proceeded with the following quote on global warming (she forgot to use the new buzz words "climate change")  QUOTE - "I think global warming, it probably means extreme weather of all kinds".  Really Rachel? Really?  You THINK it PROBABLY MEANS?  That's a freaking "I don't know" if I've ever heard one…  Science has shown that our global temperature has held steady for the past 8 to 10 years and in the grand scheme of our planets lifecycle (thousands of years), we're currently more than 5 degrees cooler than we have been.  

 

Let's stick with the first part of that sentence. If global temperatures have held steady…despite Countries like China ramping up their CO2 output….then this negates the argument held by Gore that we're responsible for Global Warming….so I guess Al needed to find a way to keep us all on the bandwagon and changed the name from "Global Warming" to "Climate Change".  Cuz let's face it folks, Climate Change can apply to just about anything!  Snow Storms on the East Coast???  Must be Climate Change.  No rain in Southern California??? Must be Climate Change.  And who force feeds us this pablum and expects us to swallow it all??? The Media.

 

Don't get me wrong…I believe that each of us has a responsibility to our environment and to our fellow man to keep our planet as clean and healthy as possible.  I'm not a green freak, and never will be. But, I do recycle, I do watch my electricity consumption, I watch my gas consumption (well, basically I watch my Durango suck gas like there's no tomorrow cuz I'm a commuter but I do try to carpool when I can), I pick up trash and don't litter, etc.  But I am not going to shove my agenda on others, or be a Green Cop out to crusade against all the evildoers for their horrible use of plastic.  I just don't want the media to shove this crap down my throat.  Is it too much to ask that they report local news or world news without bias?  Geez, what a concept! 

Sorry Peeps…I forgot to breathe.  Don't forget…"Political Correctness is just Tyranny..with manners".

Award Show Rant

What's with the Award Shows?  I'm getting extremely tired of them.  I actually don't prefer to watch them…the Man is a reality TV whore.  I think this fits in the same category. You could exchange one celebrity for another and not have any difference (with the exception of Robert Downey Jr….You never know what he's gonna say or do, and I like it that way).  They all stand up and thank God, their parents, the cast and beg you to donate money to Haiti.  Or they push their political agenda on you because they're hoping their seeds will germinate in the minds of mushy, insipid lemmings and, being the fanatics that they hope you are, will vote their bidding. YAWN!!!

 

Wouldn't it be a freaking hoot if just one of them went off the deep end and started spouting crap about world domination?  Or thanking their partner for being so supportive of their sex change operation?  Or even while others are pleading with you to donate to Haiti, have the guts to say something like "while it's important to remember those in need in Haiti, please remember all the starving American children that we can also help to feed and donate to your local food kitchens".  Oh, but hey…you can't be different in celebrity land, can you? BITE ME!

 

 I'm to the point that I only watch to see what people are wearing (when the Man aka Husband forces me to watch with him)…and even then, I'm disappointed.  The only shining moment for me was the Grammy's and Pink's performance.  Totally Hot, and totally different!

 

Why is our society so totally celebrity driven?  Why must we always know the latest, i.e. Spears goes off the deep end and beats Lohan to a bloody pulp? Ok, that I might have to read about, but you get what I'm saying.  Even our President is vying for top celebrity honors with no concern about what it will do to his credibility.  Next thing we know, to push up his numbers, he'll be judging the Miss America Pageant, and Americans will eat it up!  When did High School mentality take over?  I, for one, was totally happy to graduate high school and get away from the cliques, the gossip, the crap that we all put up with and contributed our share to.

 

I was happy to go out into the world and discover myself, find my power and use it. Only to have the whole popularity contest come back with a vengeance and smack me upside the head. I'm looking for the answers, but I just don't seem to have them, except to recognize the death of common sense in America.  Despite my rant, consider me bitch-slapped by Hollywood and the Media.  They're the ones that seem to be driving this boat after all.