A New Time to Change Gears

Wouldn’t it be nice if the American people could “wish off” television news media? You would think Keith Olbermann might develop a conscience over his slanderous comments about ex-vice presidential candidate Governor Sarah Palin. How is it television has developed into an antagonistic shouting machine? Is it that every television news commentator was an attorney in a previous life? Are they living this previous delusion of grandeur vicariously through their news anchor image? Observing a prosecutor for the first time in court might wise up the American people. Americans do not want to be prosecuted or persecuted when they turn on the television set. When did the long-standing tradition of television as pleasant escapism change into berating propaganda? As the War on Terror rages on, albeit in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, the terror continues in our homes on the television set. Because television has been iconic in the cultural heritage of the United States, it is difficult to accept that Extremism has taken over the airwaves. The Iraq War continues, yet if we solved the problem of Extremism in America as a world superpower other countries may follow. Populations of so many countries have yearned for “Americanism,” yet what American media has become is not fit to cover the wiping of American asses. Stop the yelling! Stop the intimidation! Stop the provocation! The American people get it, and they understand what is happening in the world. The sloth of slanted, slanderous, newspeak is doing nothing but embarrassing our country on a global scale. We now have a President elect of which we are proud. Can we not have a media that stands up to the same expectations?