democrank
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Wed Oct-18-06 06:28 AM
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With the media, if it`s Tuesday, it must be Madonna. |
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With very few exceptions, corporate media act like juiced-up circus barkers. It`s all there...flaming hoops, parading elephants, trained seals, colorful entertainment props and an assemblage of announcers gussied up in their finest.
Yesterday, President Bush signed The Military Commissions Act of 2006. That event will be in history books someday along with a question or two about our collective citizen silence. Historians will pose a clear challenge to our national apathy, which we deserve. Let`s hope that challenge also includes a paragraph or two aimed toward the media.
With parts of our Constitution ripped to shreds and the president given almost unlimited powers, why in hell is the media yakking about Madonna adopting a baby? Why is Larry King interviewing John Mark Karr? Why the breathless clock watching over the population turning to 300,000,000? It sure eliminates the super out of "Super Power."
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latebloomer
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Wed Oct-18-06 06:49 AM
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1. Most people are probably not even aware |
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of the bill, or how it signifies the shredding of our Constitution.
But most probably DO have an opinion about Madonna's adoption.
The power of a bought-and-sold media.
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