In recent days I have come to the conclusion that some people have trouble thinking for themselves. Is it possible that people have gone so far to the edge of sanity that someone else needs to tell us what is right and what is wrong? I know that does not make sense, but if you think about it a little while, it makes perfect sense.
In recent weeks I have seen so many things on the news that I have grown tired of the watching the daily news. Depending on which broadcast you watch, you will hear the same news from so many different points of view it becomes un-news-worthy. Fox has a take, CNN has a take, Local news has a take...take take take take take. There is so many spins put on a single event, it makes me wonder if the event really happened at all.
Maybe I am just getting to that point in my life when I want the quick and simple truth so that I can move on to the next half-hour of my life. I could be the victim of being desensitized…like so many of our youth in America. Every time I see something about a shooting, a drug bust, a dirty politician, a religious rapist, a cop related shooting, a leak of government documents, etc…I just roll my eyes and say “that figures”. But when a story comes on the news about a good person doing something good, we tend to look away and do something in the kitchen or go back to reading.
Has the American society as a whole only pay attention to the drama and evil that seems to be growing? There are some days when I don’t even want the television on, or if it is on, I channel surf through the tons of brainless channels to find something to have on in the background. A few weeks ago, I actually went two days without turning on the television and worked on my computer for the two days.
Here is a perfect example. Today I seen on the news a story about a mass murder that took place just outside the El Paso, TX area in Mexico. There were children at a birthday party and each of them where shot by random but deliberate gunfire. One news channel said that is was the Mexican drug cartel, another said it was gang related, and a third just mentioned it in passing. The first channel showed pictures of the event, and the other two did not. It was an absolutely tragic and disturbing event, but our news channels could not say the same thing. The truly terrible part of the whole event is the fact that I felt sad for those kids’ parents, but since it happened in another country, I really didn’t give a damn. I know that is terrible and heartless to say but I am being honest because it has nothing to do with me or the area I live within. Out of sight, out of mind!
We have so many problems right here in America why do we need to fill our news with tragic events from around the world. It just makes me realize that the same idiots we have heard are just as bad everywhere else. I rather the news stay within the US and tell us what is going on here…the good and the bad. But PLEASE give me just the truth and let me decide for myself if I give a damn.
This is just a rant because I feel like ranting at the moment.
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