Objectivity In Media - Weapons of Mass Distraction

It's bad enough when one fears turning on the news- all the doom and gloom broken up by commercials that sell you wares you will most likely never need- but now I'm at a point of total disgust.   Aside from breaking this down from a communication theory standpoint (which I will do in a following post) I feel the media is making this country sick.  I'm not sure if its a disease or just a malady that can be cured, but the rate at which we are traveling into the dimension of total willful ignorance is increasing tenfold everyday.  From FOX to NBC nothing but shit spews from my idiot box nightly.  Are we, as citizens and consumers if this media, supposed to lay back and take what is said wholesale?  &*$# NO!  But that's where the problem begins- we are eager and ignorant consumers of information, most of which has been hand picked, groomed and manufactured to make us think or buy certain things.  The American public is becoming a pack of lemmings, marching one by one off the cliff and into the sea without any reservations or fear of the current path.   Wake up people, not all news is bad- not all news is good.  Just take a moment to look past a single story and examine as a whole what the hell these people are trying to "sell" us.  What is on their agenda?  Control, biased and unforgiving control.  This is taking away our free-minds, diminishing our citizenships and showing the youth nothing but bad examples of how to live life.  How much crap can one consume before he belches it back up.  It seems some people can go one forever doing this.  I hope anyone that reads this refuses to be, any longer, controlled by the system of so-called "news".  Yes, take what you need from it but forget the rest- it will serve you better in time.  Cross reference information, check out the "spin" on a story from several different agencies, even the ones you may not be fond of.  Do it or die is all I have to say.  The world is changing and our concept of self-education and amelioration through mass media is severely skewed.  Don't submit to dehumanization at the hands of Rupert Murdoch or any of the "pimps of mass media".  Do inquire, demand the truth when you find lies and most important teach the youth not to make the same mistakes we are making right now.