Thursday, September 15, 2016

MEDIA AND PROPAGANDA

Boy, 13, fatally shot by police after pulling out BB gun    September 15, 2016
At what point in time did our press and our media file objectivity and fact in the trash can?  
The AP, Yahoo, CBS have all presented the header above in one form or another.  For those skimming the media, as a source of their information, this is just another case of law enforcement run amok.  This use of miss-informational highlighting to grab attention is a disservice of the highest magnitude.  

It serves our nation and our society nothing less than one individual person serving arsenic to a school full of children.  This practice of using the nomenclature of news reporting as a hidden editorial commentary is reprehensible.  Unless you take the time to read below the header, and you are already inclined to distrust the police, then that headline only serves to increase your resentment, frustration and anger. 

The police in this case were justified. Rather than promoting a false narrative why not encourage a discussion of why a 13 year boy would be involved in the situation.  Why not encourage a discussion as to why he would think pulling a weapon in that situation would be a safe thing to do.  Once again we are able to witness the effects of the law of cause and effect. 

In the last couple of years, starting with the Trayvon Martin tragedy, the media has made an effort to portray the victims of police shootings as innocent victims.  They take pains to show pictures of the victims that are misleading in order to gain sympathy on one hand and the probable injustice on the other.  I have to search hard to find any pictures in the news of the 17 year old 5 ft. 11 in. 158 lb. pot smoking, man most often shown as a quiet demure 13 year old boy, real Trayvon Martin at the time of the incident.  It is time we demand truth in reporting because we cannot form our society based on deception. 

Our society has gained, from this disservice, a movement full of dissent, anger, revolt and anarchy.  The BLM originated as a result of the misrepresentation of facts.  This misrepresentation has cost the public thousands of dollars resulting from riots, and more importantly, the lives of many in the law enforcement community.  

The blood of our fallen police rests firmly on the heads of those who spread false narrative using the megaphone of news reporting media.

Pray for our Country.  Love your neighbor.  Spread hope not dissention.


God Bless the USA

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