The Abysmal State Of Our National Media

So many problems in our society are at least partially attributed to the sorry state of affairs in our national media. From Washington to New York and Bangor to San Diego, the traditional media has an ever-increasing likelihood of not covering ground breaking news that means something to the American public.

The media is a monolithic institution and sometimes it is hard to show just how bad it is. News stories come and go, politicians who manipulate the system do the same and meanwhile the public at large is shut off from vital information about their country. That is something that could help raise awareness for those that do not see the atrocities of our system day in and day out. Well RFK Jr. and Brendan DeMelle just did a piece for Huffington Post and it is a perfect snap shot of one week in the world. I'd quote it, but you really just need to read this.

War profiteering, corporate spies, the vanishing American salmon population, voter fraud, dead buffalo and the poisoning of our water systems are just a few stories that saw virtually no press. They all deserve to be at the top of the hour and top of the page for every media outlet, yet the news media that is left in our country decides to flop in the mud and muck of what we know now as American politics. Who said what and how come he knows that guy that hates America is what we have become accustomed to. It is a real shame that we have come to this, we deserve so much better.