It seems I can't watch the news for more than ten minutes without becoming entirely enraged. Sure, it's the media, and enraging people is one thing they do... but I'm not getting mad at the 'bad people' or the 'un-Americans' or anything like that. I'm angry at CNN and the American people. Allow me to elaborate:
CNN has fallen. They were a strong voice a few years ago, reporting news as objectively as they could. But now they've failed. Their newscasters have emotive voices. They interview people for minutes at a time where the only audible noise is crying and wallowing. This is unprofessional and irresponsible.
The American people should stand up (if they're able to ... I'm not trying to be discriminatory or anything...) and shut off their televisions. Nothing constructive comes from American television news, and Americans need to realize that the only information they're getting are coming through the emotional filters of the news agencies.
Jessica Lynch needs to shut up. Yes, what happened to her may (or may not...) have been a tragedy, but everyone seems to overlook one very important fact: she volunteered. If someone volunteers to go into a WAR, they should not be allowed (by either moral or legal standards) to milk their fifteen minutes for personal benefit. That's exactly what she's doing. Don't get me wrong .. if one of my friends came back from Iraq (and there are many of them) with wounds or having suffered some injury, I'll have sympathy for them. But if they write a book, go on television, or take money for their story for a movie, I'll be angry. Sorry. Getting wounded in a war is not creative.
All of these people attacking President Bush need to shut up. The first book had a point, and this new one is just a damn copy of it. Everyone knows Bush isn't exactly the best president we've had, and publishing books about it doesn't do anything but enrich the authors. (Don't people that work for the government have some sort of confidentiality thing?)
Repeat after me: i-ROK, not EYE-rak; SAW-di, not SOW-di; NOOK-lee-ur, not NOOK-ya-lur.
Take the Halliburton truck drivers that are praying THEY CAN RETURN TO IRAQ off of television. They're truck drivers. In Iraq. With American logos on their HUGE TARGETS. They'll get shot at. Only a moron would think otherwise. Not to mention this praying thing. They're PRAYING THEY CAN RETURN TO IRAQ... to their jobs. And they're hoping that when they return, they can carry sidearms. Halliburton is not and can not be in the business of marque and reprisal. Being shot at in his Halliburton truck has 'changed everything' for this southern man that could stand to lose some weight. And he needs to take off the moustache. He realizes what he has at home now. At least he has a shred of heart.
Next up on CNN, 'Do you owe it to your country to serve in the military?" Answer: no. Do you owe it to your country to own a gun? No. To develop nuclear weapons? No. To allow troops to quarter in your home in times of peace? No. to pay your taxes? Yes. Perhaps we should make a tradeoff. Taxes are optional if you're willing to serve in the defensive force. And vice versa.
CNN is covering the outcome of the television reality show 'The Apprentice' as if it were actual relevant news. Reality television needs to end. People need to get off their ass and live their own lives. During the clips of these reality shows on CNN, the important news goes whizzing by in tiny letters at the bottom of the screen. I'll wager you if you ask a group of a hundred random people, they could tell you volumes about Omawhatshername and couldn't tell you what Hamas is. Sad. Kill your television... unless you can distinguish between fantasy and reality. And NBC sitcoms are good. (smile, Adelle...)
Yeah, that's my rant for this evening. Now I'm going to see if there's anything on television that isn't inane.
April 20th, 2004 - 15:32
well put…especially about people caring more about reality TV shows than…well reality.