Media Responsibility

www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/28/white-house-party-crashers-looking-sell-story/?test=faces
It has been reported that a couple that reside in Washington D.C. are trying to get on the Bravo networks Real Housewives Show. Bravo's film crews have been following them around while they attend parties at the White House and so on, but wait, they were not invited to the party at the White House! Is it partially Bravo's responsibility to look into the people that they just might employ on a TV show in the near future? Of course it is!! Just like any other employer it is quite necessary, on the other hand it is also Bravo's responsibility to make sure that they are giving us the "real deal." Do you think that Bravo should have checked to see if these people were even invited to the soiree? I think it is sticky because Bravo is not reporting the news and they are presenting "reality" TV that really is not reality.
What is even more disturbing is that these people were able to get into a party at the White House that they were never invited too!!!! Maybe Bravo is getting scammed by their "reality," just like the masses are being scammed into watching fake "reality."

Commercials

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmOY6whi-Y&feature=playlist&p=28BC5CE9A310FA82&index=8

This is one of my favorite anti-drug commercials. It shows a kid growing up smoking pot and eventually he turns into pot. I guess that it just like the old saying you are what you eat! My point is that when kids see commercials like this do they really help or do they laugh? I can tell you that most of the anti-drug commercials out there I find them to be quite amusing, so if that is my reaction, then most likely that is the same reaction that most kids have. Do they think by telling kids that they will turn into weed if they smoke it will stop them from doing drugs. This is a case of the media telling the American public the consequences of doing drugs when most of the people in the media are probably under the influence of something. A lot of these commercials are not effective, like the kids going through the drive thru and they hit a girl on a bike, I find that to be highly improbable if they were smoking weed, maybe if they were drunk or on some meth. The media and their masters direct us to what to think, but some things that they do are not working.

Media Tells Us What to Think About?

So if the media has the ability to direct Americans what to think about, then imagine what could happen if this gets out of control; or is it already out of control?
Generally speaking the average U.S. citizen is not that smart or has enough common sense to disect the facts of a story and be able to determine what is true and what is a fallacy. People take stories for what they are worth which is not much and believe everything that is stated. If they believe everything stated then it is easy to dupe the American public. For example, a few months back on 9/11, a few news stations reported that the Coast Guard was firing on enemy boats on the Potomac River, now many people believed that until the story was recanted; do you realize the fear that it could have caused? What is even worse is that more than one station was reporting the fallacy. If we cannot decipher fact from fiction than maybe the American public deserves to be told what to do.

Sesame Street & Fox News

http://www.youtube.com/watch?=O-1j9T90-8

I had problems embedding this video, but it is a short & funny 36 seconds!

We are all pretty aware that the Public Broadcasting System is a liberal, publicly funded network. In this amusing video we are shown how the networks influence what is put on the airwaves. Sesame Street needs to be more responsible just for the fact that we live in a country where we are able to make our own political decisions, Sesame Street is all about getting along and cultural diversity; therefore Sesame Street should not try to sway our youngsters in any way, conservative or liberal. The political affiliations that our future decides to affirm themselves with needs to be completely up to them, when networks air programs that are directed at children that put down certain political affiliations could be considered as distastedul or even a ploy to start them out young, political parties have decided to start campaigning to those that are still in the womb, in preschool and kindergarten; they better start early to get that vote!!

Is it the news or the reporter?

I like to observe my father's reactions to the daily news and some days he is more wound up than others. For example, a couple of Fridays ago my father was really wound up and he made a comment that Rush was really on it today, whatever that means. I made a comment to him saying that whenever Rush is wound up, he gets really wound up, my father replied that it was not Rush that winds him up that it is the news that is reported that winds him up. I honestly think that it is a little bit of both. So my question is is it the reporter that gets the masses "stoked" or is it the news presented that gets them "stoked?"

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/

I can definetly see how Rush Limbaugh can get anyone wound up! If you take a gander at his site, you will see bright colors, parodies of politicians, a lot of flash player being used. The colors are vibrant and just by looking at them it could raise your blood pressure. Needless to say, if it is not Rush stoking the fire it would be another news reporter doing it. Their job is to make us question what is going on, I believe that Rush's goal is to inform Americans yet to instill power into the masses, we have the right to choose how our government is run and just like Glenn Beck they want us to hold the government responsible for their actions, as any due dilligent citizen should do!

Newsworthy???

So as I like to look at all of the headlines on the the various websites I wonder what these different sites determine as newsworthy. I look at www.comcast.net and see the top headlines, the third headline is "Bachelor Jason is getting married." Why is this in the top headlines? Why is this even near the top headlines? Why is bachelor Jason near a headline about a woman in West Virgina lying about torture and a Massachussetts man being held in an attack plot. I am really confused, was there nothing else to report on? There was nothing else that was more newsworthy than Bachelor Jason? Sometimes i just don't understand. Maybe it is a plot by comcast to push the Bachelor series. Well like I say, it always comes to money and who is paying for what.