I’ve noticed the tendency of internet news sources to make a very big deal out of nothing. I think it has to do with the fact that there isn’t enough saleable news to go around in a 24 hour cycle filled with watered down internet outlets and automated news bots writing crap articles. This isn’t to say that there should be no more internet news, but to say that the idea of news itself has, well, shifted in a way that consistently makes us less intelligent as a culture and perhaps even a species. The problem therein is that we aren’t changing the system. In truth we are making it worse by insuring that news remains based on what sells and not based upon some (albeit arbitrary) point of view on what needs to matter to a national populace.
I often sound like a communist when I say such things. I get that government control is the devil–especially in our culture. Americans love the idea of freedom, but few are aware that this perceived freedom exists within the confines of acceptable behaviors and those behaviors that are, without fail, set by corporate entities who have the bottom line to worry about and not the cultural point of view.
Some Thoughts:
- I refuse to do tomorrow’s post while this tired. I likewise fail to understand why the early onset fatigue. It seems to be growing as I step back from the late night coffee crowd.