Oh, politics. I can't explain how I hate you. uh. And love you.
There is this false perception circulating that I live an exciting life. Let me be clear. No. I vlog once a week. I work at Red Lobster. I watch Friends with Emily. Wash, rinse, repeat. Boring, right? It gets worse. I watch the news.
I hate the news. I mean I really hate the news. The news is the Janice to my Joey (God, I have to stop watching Friends). The reason? It wasn't made for me. There isn't a news station out there that produces a show for the viewer. They'd like you to believe that their purpose is to inform but in all likeliehood, their function is to persuade. Their opinion should of course be your opinion.
So now, I'm going to talk about politics while trying to avoid falling into the same annoying category as the news. YOUR opinion may be COMPLETELY different. I do not think you are ignorant. I do not think you are evil. Ok, deep breath. Let's go.
Mr. President. Stop being so whiney. I've been watching your speeches. Granted, you are an intelligent man and one of the best speakers that this nation has ever seen, but damnit are you whiney. Like spoiled, immature teenage girl whiney. Why is that?
What I am referring to is the president's remarks on "News stations spreading false information". Really? Are you at war with news stations? Are YOU complaining about the treatment you receive from the media? REALLY? I know Fox News isn't your number one fan. You probably won't invite Glenn Beck to your next barbeque. But aside from one station, you have been projected as the chosen one! Harry Potter! Neo! Why do you have this victim, "poor, pitiful me" mentality? Nobody is picking on you.
Look at your predecessor. That man was raped by the media. He could not scratch his butt in the morning without somebody analyzing and condemning him. Never has a Yale graduate (which by the way are smart) been made out to be such a blumbering idiot. Granted, it could have been deserved, but give George W. Bush some credit. He did not complain.
Look at your election rival's running mate. She had a funny accent! She must be stupid! Your running mate told a paraplegic man to stand up (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2mzbuRgnI4). Can you imagine what would have happened if Sarah Palin had asked a man confined to a wheelchair to stand?
So Barrack (can I call you Barrack?), I know you read college sophomore blogs all the time, and I'm sure you are a big fan of my YouTube channel. Want my advice? Answer questions. In the likely case of a shortage, how do we decide who gets healthcare? It's not unreasonable for me to want to know. If you don't tell me, than I have to find my own way of discovering how the government is going to handle one seventh of the economy.
The healthcare plan that has been proposed is over a thousand pages long and I have to drop thrity bones just to read the damn thing(http://www.google.com/base/a/5750429/D4625344597206707963). How could ANY American have correct information regarding this bill? We don't. So we turn to the news.
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Maybe it's just best to not watch the news.
ReplyDeleteI don't watch it because it's boring and they only seem to want to report failure or charity related things. Not that charity is bad it's just that other really awesome things in the world are occurring. I also hate the way they talk, in those newscaster voices. Makes me want to punch them.
Thought provoking, this was.
ReplyDeleteLeftward, I have leaned.
More open-minded, I will be.
Hate you, I cannot.
Watching the news? That is desperate.
ReplyDeleteDid you forget how to read books?
I think your view of the news channels is skewed because you're counting news by quantity of channels instead of quantity of viewers. Fox has 50% of the viewers in America, so they are 50% of the news. http://is.gd/2lzj6.
ReplyDeleteSo, when Obama is criticized by Fox, half the nation is in line with that view. At the time when the other channels criticized Bush, they were only slightly more than 50% of American viewers.
Almost all news is biased these days and only serves to skewer "other". In 2004 NPR was judged "fair" because the had an almost balanced type of guests by political ideology, race and gender. http://is.gd/2lzFr So, I listen to them mostly...but always with a critical ear.
oh...and Cute Overload. their news is completely unbiased.
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