I Learn the Information As we speak, Oh Boy. © 2013 Meri Aaron Walker, iPhoneArtGirl, Expertise, Oregon
I Learn the Information As we speak, Oh Boy…
Residing within the Pacific NW means getting your information later than East Coasters. At 9 PM final evening I watched Christian Amanpour conduct a wealthy interview with the dean of the Columbia faculty of journalism and a person who has run actual information applications contained in the Murdoch dynasty for a few years.
Her questions concerning the stakes for journalism and Democracy within the upcoming Fox -Dominion trial had been deep and to the purpose. Listening, I observed my intestine enjoyable, and a glimmer of hope arising that the trial would assist begin some therapeutic of the American spirit.
Once I checked my cellphone about quarter-hour after the interview, I noticed headlines in my e-mail from the most important information sources that Dominion had settled earlier within the day. I opened the tales from every new supply, and I simply stored feeling like any individual with a head damage.
After a bit, I went to mattress feeling like any individual with one other gap blown via my coronary heart.
Foolish me, making a profession out of journalism and civil rights activism, considering I might assist Superman save democracy from the dangerous guys. I used to be actually listening as a baby each time Superman flew off to combat for “Reality, Justice , and The American Manner.”
It occurred to me this morning consuming espresso that my love for Superman might have been why I selected journalism as a profession… In spite of everything, Clark Kent was a newspaper man and Lois Lane was a reporter, too. Clearly, that early television trance had a huge impact on my little lady thoughts and coronary heart…
Sillier me, hoping Dominion was going to assist Superman by standing as much as save Democracy from the plague of lies known as fox information that has ripped aside the material of civil public discourse my era was educated to take part in.
When “Justice = Take the Cash,” what we used to name the USA isn’t any place to lift a baby to change into a human being who thinks critically, loves others, and raises a household whereas defending our nice experiment known as Democracy.
I’m so unhappy.
I made this piece again in 2013…
https://www.tumblr.com/iphoneartgirl/60722803034/i-read-the-news-today-oh-boy-2013-meri-aaron
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