screaming at your television ...
ok, i admit that when i am doing laundry, i am often smoking pot and watching the news. i don't know if that means that there is something wrong with me, but it definitely means that i enjoy the finer parts of life. some have their wine and cheese, i have my herbs and cnn.
but the problem with news is that only fox news is worth a damn, and i hate the viewpoints expressed on the propaganda network. but cnn is such a sad state. i am convinced that you aren't going to find quality information on a 24-hour news network. but fox news has created a new type of news and sold it to a mindless, slightly retarded public. cnn doesn't even do that much.
cnn seems to be crossed between dedication and reactionism toward whatever fox news does on one hand, and some horribly egotistical declaration that they were the first and (at one time) the best 24-hour news network out there. as if television news can even compete. most people, i think, pay attention to the television to stay abreast of what is going on, and then they turn to a newspaper or the internet to find out the details.
i know that when i hear something interesting on tv, i often leave the room and head to the computer to find out what is really going on ... or at least what information is really out there.
today i laughed at the tv, right before i changed the channel. cnn is celebrating its 25th anniversary. and if that wasn't pitiful enough, today it celebrated its coverage of the 2000 presidential election. and if that wasn't pitiful enough, the anchor was showing a clip of herself, talking about how she covered the news.
i just couldn't take it. i admit that i look back at that election and see a drastic change in my life. and i didn't particualary feel like having cnn hold my hand for the duration of my nostalgic look back to the old world and how it began to change in a demonstrative way.
i think if there is one thing that i have learned from my ventures into the news world, i know that all news people are incompetant. they can't even adhere to their own archaic beliefs about truth and service. i think it stems from the method in which we breed the journalists of the future.
but i guess what they are doing is far more productive than my aimless rambling.
another thing i forgot to mention last night, largely because there is no definable resolution, is the comotion of the new european union and constitution. i am not too sure about what the french people think, but i know that another european nation today followed suit with a clear rejection of the constition.
i have always liked the idea of a european union. in my vision of a peaceful world, political and national issues are settled in bloodless meetings. and as the first major step toward that world, nations must unite and grow larger. i envision one nation per continent. two united states (north and south america); an african, asian and european union; and one union of island nations for a total of 6 distinct political entities. but more than that, i will not get into right now.
the point is just that i am watching this rejection of the european constitution. and i am very interested in motives, shortfalls, cultural oppositions and everything that goes along with it.
but the problem with news is that only fox news is worth a damn, and i hate the viewpoints expressed on the propaganda network. but cnn is such a sad state. i am convinced that you aren't going to find quality information on a 24-hour news network. but fox news has created a new type of news and sold it to a mindless, slightly retarded public. cnn doesn't even do that much.
cnn seems to be crossed between dedication and reactionism toward whatever fox news does on one hand, and some horribly egotistical declaration that they were the first and (at one time) the best 24-hour news network out there. as if television news can even compete. most people, i think, pay attention to the television to stay abreast of what is going on, and then they turn to a newspaper or the internet to find out the details.
i know that when i hear something interesting on tv, i often leave the room and head to the computer to find out what is really going on ... or at least what information is really out there.
today i laughed at the tv, right before i changed the channel. cnn is celebrating its 25th anniversary. and if that wasn't pitiful enough, today it celebrated its coverage of the 2000 presidential election. and if that wasn't pitiful enough, the anchor was showing a clip of herself, talking about how she covered the news.
i just couldn't take it. i admit that i look back at that election and see a drastic change in my life. and i didn't particualary feel like having cnn hold my hand for the duration of my nostalgic look back to the old world and how it began to change in a demonstrative way.
i think if there is one thing that i have learned from my ventures into the news world, i know that all news people are incompetant. they can't even adhere to their own archaic beliefs about truth and service. i think it stems from the method in which we breed the journalists of the future.
but i guess what they are doing is far more productive than my aimless rambling.
another thing i forgot to mention last night, largely because there is no definable resolution, is the comotion of the new european union and constitution. i am not too sure about what the french people think, but i know that another european nation today followed suit with a clear rejection of the constition.
i have always liked the idea of a european union. in my vision of a peaceful world, political and national issues are settled in bloodless meetings. and as the first major step toward that world, nations must unite and grow larger. i envision one nation per continent. two united states (north and south america); an african, asian and european union; and one union of island nations for a total of 6 distinct political entities. but more than that, i will not get into right now.
the point is just that i am watching this rejection of the european constitution. and i am very interested in motives, shortfalls, cultural oppositions and everything that goes along with it.
posted by jeames morgan at
12:54:00 PM
4 Comments:
You lost me with that post about Bush not liking people with brown skin, from last November, which is weird since he has so many mexican relatives :)
The part where he wants to kill homsexuals was weird too, considering his Vice President has a lesbian daughter.
*sigh*
Nothing like extremists making fun of all the lies the other (wrong) extremists tell, eh?
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Anonyme, at 8:51 PM
unfortunately, i am not the least bit interested in what i said last year. but, i am sure that any reference i made to bush not liking brown skin was a reference to a george carlin joke.
i don't remember saying that he wants to kill homosexuals, but i doubt that is far from the truth. he probably just figures they are all going to die in hell anyway. but you can go ahead and save this lesbian daughter bullshit. the bush administration never even addressed the inconsistency with its policy and its apparent tolerance.
of course, i would assume that any reference i made to the death of homosexuals was in reference to signs i saw as a young man in protest of a gay mariage downtown. one sign said "god hates fags" and another said "aids kills fags dead." this, i believe, is a shared fundamental attitude of the religious right.
and yes, i think i am an extremist. but i do not align myself with any political idealism. i make fun of all, and i am pretty sure that i would not be happy in the world that i would create.
thanks for reading and all, but i suspect that my writing is over your head -- or at least that you are unfamiliar with my reference points and direction of influence.
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jeames morgan, at 9:05 PM
I can thoroughly understand your sentiments about cable news -- but, the sad state of it will never drive me to watch the Fascist News Network. I get most of my news now off the internet, Alternet.com, etc. There's no way I can believe the corporo-fascist media conglomerates to give me "the truth" -- so, I no longer watch.
I also listen to Air America Radio, especially the Mike Malloy Show at night . . . to round out my day.
There's a way to get over the failure of broadcast news . . . turn it off.
thebluereport.blogspot.com
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aexapo, at 9:28 PM
i am not familiar with that web site, but my fear of "alternative media" is in the lack of accountability of the authors. half-truths and propaganda can easily be sold to eager idealists.
you can't really get over the failures of broadcast news. even if you choose not to listen, agenda setting is happening as long as most people are paying attention.
keep in mind that public opinion does not center on the one that thinks longest and considers most. it centers on the one who speaks loudest and first. these aren't always the brightest people out there.
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jeames morgan, at 4:53 AM
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