The media
Love it or hate it, the fact remains the same. The media influences and shapes your thoughts and actions almost as effectively as your dad’s slipper around your head.
Just as in religion, politics, and even in slippers, you have the Left and the Right.
Now I do realise it is a gross generalisation to use the word media as part of my title, as this word encompasses many institutions, companies, people of differing policitcal views, different mediums, and all aimed at different segments of the population.
However, despite the many differentiating factors factors within the media, there is a universal bond that unifies the majority, with very few exceptions.
That is the bond of bull shit (from hence forth affectionately termed as BS).
That, and the fact that a large segment of the British media is also owned by the King of “BS” himself, Mr Rupert Murdoch and his entourage, means that the truth concerning matters around the world is even further away from the grasp of the ordinary man than ever. I once heard a quote, which I believe is perfectly befitting here:
“A lie travels half way around the world before the truth gets a chance to put its pants on!”
However, despite his utmost efforts to dumb down the nation by shoving his muck into our faces to blind us from the reality of matters (he has done a good job with ardent readers of the Sun and Daily Mirror “news” paper), there are luckily a few reputable exceptions out there. Take Aljazeera, The Independent and The Observer as some of the more well known ones, which give a factual, unbiased and informative account of events unfolding around the globe.
Aside from the respectable exceptions, today’s comment is quite an accurate description of Murdoch’s media empire:
“They are the unwashed, flea ridden, knotted underarm hair of UK society”
( Random et al 2008 )
Peace and love (except you Murdoch).
Random
“A lie travels half way around the world before the truth gets a chance to put its pants on!”
Classic!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 1 year, 4 months agoLMAO at “A lie travels half way around the world before the truth gets a chance to put its pants on”
as ever ur quote of the day had me laughing out loud… man i shudder to think what other random strange comments are floating around inside ur head…. guess i’ll have to wait till tomorrow to discover the answer!!!!
Posted 1 year, 4 months agoMr Random,
I completely agree with your blog and the random comment is an absolute classic!
Mr Murdoch and his thick bunch of Sun reading morons are just interested in any gossip or lie that gets printed!
The media writes to sell – unfortunately lies and gossip sells!
I personally think that the sun, daily star readers are illeterate and the only reason the read the papers are for the pictures which in some pathetic way ‘turn’ them on!
Peace
Posted 1 year, 4 months agoDear readers,
It seems that society is now based upon lies. There is no moral behavious left, all peeps seem to do is lie, lie and lie. If they aren’t telling porky’s then they are distorting, if their not distorting then they are chatting crap!
The truth hurts and they know it!
The stories that need to be highlighted and reported, such as human right attrocities around the world are not reported. Murdoch and his ‘empire’ prefer to hide them under the carpet and have a 2 page spread on the latest love affair!
Peace
Posted 1 year, 4 months agowell said Mr Saj… i think its a sad state of affairs, when newspapers sell on the back of who’s sleeping with whom in the celebrity circus…
Posted 1 year, 4 months agoLOL, looks like i touched a never with todays topic. I guess you guys feel very strongly about this issue and rightly so.
But guys, give the sun readers a break they could have been daily sport “readers”…
Posted 1 year, 4 months agoI’ll gladly give them a break, preferably their legs!
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago