One Nation Under Media

With Liberty and Justice Decided for Us

By Crystina, published Nov 27, 2007
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Mainstream media has become the brain and conscience of America. It is governed by gatekeepers who not only filter information, siphoning off the excess fat or useless, repeated, un-newsworthy information, but who determine what the public should believe, say, and/or allow in our society and culture. The mainstream media has taken it upon themselves to govern America by the information it feeds us. By the way it distributes news, Americans are to know what to love, hate, believe, shun, admire, detest and so on. The sad fact is that the media has an agenda; it is one's own responsibility to search for and find the whole truth.

Mel Gibson, famous for acting in many successful movies such as the "Mad Max" and "Lethal Weapons" series', "Maverick," "What Women Want," and then directing and producing movies such as "The Man Without A Face," "Braveheart," "The Passion of the Christ," and his latest, "Apocalypto," has recently been in the news for his anti-Semitic drunken tirade. His words, "Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," have been publicized, by large media conglomerates as well as smaller media sources. Gibson was pulled over by police, for speeding on July 28, 2006. A breathalyzer test showed that Gibson was legally intoxicated by California state law. He was described as "uncooperative" and "belligerent." Documented below are the words of Mel Gibson to the arresting officer:

You mother fucker. I'm going to fuck you. I own Malibu. Fucking Jews... The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world. Are you a Jew?... What the fuck do you think you're doing?... What do you think you're looking at sugar tits? (Jaffee, 2006)

Takeaways
  • Racism addressed
  • Media influence
  • Public passivity
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I'd like to turn off the tV but I still want to know what's going on. I am deplored at how the media is training our people and the rest of the world to hate the Bush administration and to say it is ok to disrespect authority. What did he do that the other polititians did not do? they also voted for the war. Hillary did. why should we not rise up aggainst our enemies when they attack us? Are we to hide our heads in the sand like cowards? why does the media try to report only the bad things about Iraq and try to minimize any good news. Why do they bloat the news on failing economy and gets quiet when the news get better? the media is a liberal machine owned mostly by people who hate Bush, like ZORRA and they have promised themselves to put down Bush and I think they are suceeding. Actually they are governed by principalities and dark forces of evil that hate anybody who is a follower of Christ. they belong to the category of the ACLUs, the abortionists, the Homosexual agenda.

Posted on 07/26/2008 at 2:07:15 AM

 
Great article. We all need to turn off the news and tune these people out.

Posted on 11/30/2007 at 5:11:00 AM

 
I have to say good article. I've always thought the media was suspect.

Posted on 11/27/2007 at 9:11:00 PM

 
Crystina, your opening paragraph was dead on right. Media no longer fairly reports ALL the news. Anyone who denies that media is issue driven, thus biased, is either sadly mistaken to the point of utter ignorance, or they're just plain lying. Good article.

Posted on 11/27/2007 at 6:11:00 PM

 
I agree with your premise that the media has more power and control in America than is healthy. However, that means that one has to search out the facts in a situation and arrive at there own conclusion. I believe a good example of media jumping to conclusions in and event is the Jena 6 case. However the midia slant on events happens every day. A bit lengthy - but a good article.

Posted on 11/27/2007 at 5:11:00 PM

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