This may be more of a rant then anything else but, what is with the media these days? Are we living in communist Russia or Nazi Germany or what? It is filled with two things, either fluff pieces that let us know what z-list celebs are up to with the millions of £'s they acquired doing nothing but letting the country see how brain dead they really are. Then there is the stories that try to scare us into submission - well, they are there to scare us but I can't say with certainty that they are there to scare us into submission. Keep in mind that this is just a commentary of my opinions and nothing else. People love the tabloid press and they can say and print anything they want as long as it is true. That's what freedom of the press is all about. We should not trust them unreservedly though, we should question them every step of the way. Not just about whether a story is true or not, but whether it is of any value to us. For instance, prior to Lady Di being killed in that tunnel in Paris, the public ate up any story and photography of her that was published. It had no bearing on our lives and in most cases, it was an infringement of her and whomever she was with's privacy. But it was the paparazzi that killed her when they chased the car into the tunnel to get that all important picture. The next day when the news was plastered on the front of every paper (I say paper because in my opinion, tabloids are not 'newspapers') people ran out to buy the 'paper' and in some cases, several different papers. They cried and laid flowers while they lined the pockets of the men and women that killed her. No one stopped to think, maybe if we stop buying this papers, maybe they will start reporting the news. We continue to buy and absorb the crap that is printed and broadcast on a daily basis because we want to be informed. Are we informed though?
It is a shame that we put so much trust in the media to tell us what we need to know and they can't even get the weather right 50% of the time. We turn celebrities into gods that seem to be able to get away with anything and in some cases everything. Why do we trust people just because they are on T.V. or in the movies? We complain about our politicians but we vote them in, time and time again. In this age of the internet, we seem to have all the answers at our fingertips, but can we trust it? I wish I had the answers, but I don't and neither does Google or Wikipedia. But all I can say, is that we really need to start questioning the media again. We need to hold the media accountable for what is printed and what isn't. Do we really need to know what celebrities are wearing? or do we need to know if our drinking water is safe?
What is possibly more important to know is, are our politicians telling us the truth? Are we going to war again because we have to make the world safe or are we going to war to make sure their profits are safe? We seem to be so inundated with crap, that we don't get the real news. Could this be why we are so apathetic? We don't protest en mass any more, yet we are more connected then ever with social media. We dump buckets of ice water over our heads and think we are doing our part, but we don't really stop to think about what we are doing.
It is a small protest, but it can say so much to the media and our politicians if we stop buying the 'paper' - whichever one we actually buy (I'm not going to name any of them here because I don't want to give them any free publicity!) for one week. If everyone does this, maybe they may get the point and print something that is worthwhile. Get the word out, On October the first, 2014 until the 7th of October 2014 DON'T buy a paper. If enough people do this, then the media will have to listen.
Thank you for reading and please, pass it on!
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