Remember When News Sites had Actual News?

I have heard Sean Hannity repeating “This will be remembered as the year that journalism died” on his radio and television shows recently (leading me to ponder whether a new book is on the way, but that is neither here nor there). I suppose he has a point. Over the last few years, even reliable, hard hitting, fact based reporting entities such as Drudge, and Breitbart, and others have gradually been getting more and more of the sensational news stories over the actual issues of importance. I know, it has everything to do with our society as a whole – these are not only news sources but businesses that profit through ad revenue, so I don’t fault them for following trends to success – but still, it is disheartening. Let’s face it, even the election coverage is more sensational than pertinent issue based.

Let’s point out a few of the day’s top news stories. I will of course give you my very biased, personal opinions on everything…its my blog, deal with it.

Exhibit A: Pam Anderson tells Sarah Palin to suck it!

Look, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but when did being a whore with Hep C and severely bad judgement as it pertains to boyfriends and husbands qualify you as an expert on politics. Hollywood equals Socialist Lunatics. There is some kind of disconnect that happens to people in that industry where they feel guilty for working hard and making money for their efforts and want everyone to be able to be just as carefree and frivolous as they. They can no longer separate from the pretend part of their profession and feel the attention is synonymous with importance; IT IS NOT! I know this may shock you celebrities out there, but you are NOT IMPORTANT…watch, I’ll prove it and segue into…

Exhibit B: LINDSAY LOHAN'S GAL PAL SAYS THEY'LL GET MARRIED THIS YEAR

First let me say WHO CARES!!! I propose that we speed things up to the GUARANTEED split up of these two lovebirds within the next year or so when Ms. Lohan realizes that she was never a Lesbian, just a coked up strumpet with a dysfunctional family, and suggest they off themselves in some Lover’s Pact or something…it’ll be a fun PR stunt, for me anyway. I’ll bet you my entire life’s savings converted into monopoly money that within a month after the story is no longer front page news another desperate girl with big, shiny, fake knockers will bounce up into her destined role of misguided hollywood starlet turned total whore. Its only interesting in the way a train wreck is interesting…seeing something destroyed has a macabre beauty to it, that’s why we love fireworks and demolition derby’s and seeing guys getting kicked in the junk. This should be left to the Tabloids and non-news entertainment shows.

I am not saying there isn’t a market for this garbage, I’m simply making the connection between the problem we have as a society of separating entertainment and government. Kids are being raised by the TV and internet, guided by Left wing radicals typically, to love socialist ideals and to fight the system by obeying their Ultra-Cool heroes who themselves don’t have inkling of a clue of what is really going on in the world. They prey on kids and teenagers at the stages of life where acceptance is everything to them and turn them over to their viewpoint. So…not only do we have a convolution of the actual “News” about our world, but we have a strong Left Leaning message being pushed through the most popular forms of media by completely unqualified people. When you can’t step back and be objective despite your own personal feelings on a matter you are NOT qualified to report the news, the REAL NEWS anyway. Paid commentators are one thing, they are paid to give an Opinion based on available facts…too often though, news anchors are stuffing their opinions in our faces – THAT IS NOT THEIR JOB. The Olberman and Matthews and Rather types abuse their positions to further their own agendas, which as best I can surmise is nothing short of socialism.

Socialism doesn’t work…it sounds nice, but pick up a history book, even one written by a liberal professor and you’ll be hard pressed to find a successful Socialist or Marxist style of government. Moreover, they almost always end in some form Communism or Totalitarianism. (Too many -isms) They always begin with a movement about “Change” and “Hope” mixed up with nothing but platitudes and vagaries about anything important, and always from some well spoken puppet whose real agenda doesn’t surface until its too late. I digress…but it all ties in with the Media’s growing disregard for the facts so an elite group of celebrities and media moguls and their Democrat friends on the hill can tell everyone how they should live.

I’m getting too far off point so I’ll just tie it off here and say it would be nice to see actual news again one day…some sites and sources provide a fair amount but its all so ridiculous and sensationalized it really clouds any real hope they will return to reliable news agencies. There is one bastion of hope – education…if we know how to think for ourselves we can form our own opinions – now if we can weed out the teachers that are trying to indoctrinate our kids when they are too young to know any better. So much for tying it off, eh? Okay, really done now.