Just to get things straight, Mr. Trump,
the news media is charged with giving us, the citizens of our country, the news
about our government and its actions and misactions. Their current displeasure with you for
calling them out to be a bunch of deceiving lying miscreants has reached the
heights of ranting and raving. Similar
to the craziness they have accused you of exhibiting,
they are beside themselves with haughtiness and
have joined ranks to force you into compliance with what used to be the norm. They claim they have an absolute right to
question you regarding your governmental actions, as well as anything personal,
that may have an effect on our nation.
They are correct in that thought.
I am having a hard time finding any way
to deny that right, as well as any record of you denying it. Regarding the possibility of them lying, I am
tempted to search out the meaning (of “what is is”).
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When started writing this it occurred that I should define
some of the words I planned on using.
Since Mr. Trump is intent on calling the news folks “fake news” and labeling them as a danger to our country it seemed
that I should find out for sure what the News should be.
Now, for myself, I thought the News would
and should be something I could rely on for information. If I, or anyone, were in a position of relying
on the news as part of the decision-making process it should be fact
based. In searching the intimidable
google for the definition of “news” the words “truth or fact” were not of the
description. This is not the definition
of news that I expected to find as a part of journalism. Like in every aspect of life there is
something that has to be a part of any professional endeavor, even journalism,
and that is ethics. Ethically the use of
objective, non-nuanced reporting is, and should be, a part of any reportage
claiming to be a news report. That
degree of professionalism is sadly missing from most of the news media in
action today. I use the word action
because by observation I have seen what I used to trust, morph into something I
abhor. It is no longer objective news
that we are getting. Instead, it is more
like we are being subjected to a never ending barrage of mind swaying tone and
chosen content. It’s like deception and
propaganda are now disguised as news.
Most of us in the general population don’t
always get the nuance of our own written language, but those professionals who
write the articles and especially the headlines are masters of creating a
mental climate. How many times are we
attracted to an article by a headline that bears little or no semblance to the
articles factual content? It’s not the
article that will stick in the minds of the quick scanning public, it is the
idea pushed by the headline. Is that
lying? Questionable to be sure, but it is definitely misleading those who rely
on it for information.
To read the headlines, and listen to the
majority of the media outlets, Mr. Trump held a news conference in which he was
totally out of control, ranting, raving
and for some media personnel, he was mentally unhinged. Now I have watched this news conference, the
one in which he called out the media, and I just didn’t find the segment where
this POTUS was deranged. Could it be
that the “HYPE” is on? I heard numerous
Senators, both Red and Blue stating that Mr. Trump was tyrannical and trying to
silence the press, preventing them from holding him accountable. I listened to the conference many times, and
again I couldn’t find any support for that point of view. Some even went so far as to claim him to be one
of the most unAmerican Presidents of all time. Rubbish!
What Mr. Trump, our
President, did say was that he relished the questions but what he objects to is
the misleading coverage of his activity as POTUS. I’m not sure how that position is that of a tyrant, a dictator or of someone ruling a third
world country. Which is just one more
example of what he’s talking about. If
anyone is capable of reading, seeing or listening they would have to know that
the media is very strong on giving us the impression the Trump is a buffoon, a
power hungry miscreant intent on ruling the world as a king. Unfortunately,
there are many “fastnews” feeders that
buy into the propaganda like faux news reporting. There is a public mania within our population
is being groomed, by every propaganda method known by the professional
misleaders, and it is designed to stop
the “TrumpTrain” in its tracks. We have
politicians, entertainers, educators and
our neighbors raising the level of fear much the same as those old lynch mob
rabble rousers of the old west did. All
it takes is the small seed of rumor to start an avalanche of false information
that is sucked up by our nation of Trump haters. Those who would see our system of government
and our productive society fail are gleefully stoking the fires of discontent
and there is a large portion of our population willing to throw more gas on the
fire.
There is no doubt that between the tweets and the ignored
practice of politically correct “polititalk”
used by the normal politician, Mr. Trump gives ample ammunition for his
detractors. Couple that with the
hysteria created by the press and educators misleading use of our language,
there is a great disservice being perpetrated upon our society and our
nation. Even that fact is being
disguised as being evil name calling by our President. It’s no wonder that a large portion of those
demonstrating their Trump anger, have been motivated not by fact but what they
have been led to believe.
America, all of us need to start reading and
hearing between the lines and noticing what is not being said as well as what
is. We need to start listening to what
is said as well as watching the actions that are being taken. We need to search out the facts rather than
buying into the fertilizer that is being dumped on our perceptions.
Lord, Open the eyes and ears of our people
and give them the gift of discernment.
God bless the U.S.A and our President
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