Bad News And Really Bad News
BAD NEWS AND REALLY BAD NEWS
We know what goes on
Or just the things they tell us?
We shall never know
Posted on August 13, 2014, in Poetry, Senryu and tagged Lies, Media, Politics, Senryu, Social commentary, TV, War. Bookmark the permalink. 22 Comments.
Ben Naga 
Many know… and have become accepting.. those who do not accept become revolutionists… Many are now waking up that the News is geared up to be bad..
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The title arises from a series of three studies from Glasgow University’s Media Studies Department in the 1980s. (A long time ago, so I may not have gotten the details right here.).They analysed the content of theTV news over periods of time, then published their results. Revealing and rather depressing.
“Bad News
“More Bad News
“Really Bad News
Oddly enough, their work never made the headlines. 😛
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I wonder why??
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Beats me.
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I did ponder adding “Revolution” to the tags.
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You should!
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Revolutions out in the world so often get rather bloody though.
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And you might enjoy this, Sue.
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Reblogged this on Dawn of Divine Rays and commented:
We only know what our heart, soul and intentions truly are. Nothing outside of ourselves will matter. Namaste
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We imagine so much too, and even believe it.
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That thought crosses my mind often.
I see what I see,
you see what you see,
it’s no surprise
we were looking at the same thing.
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http://eyetricks.com/0101.htm
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These are fun. It kind of goes with the poemi wrote this morning and dedicated to you. This is it. On the tablet can’t get link for you. But you’ll see it.
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I have an increasingly hard time paying attention to it.
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The “news”? I actively avoid it.
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Alas, it seems to be a mixed bag, full of various slants, opinions, perspectives (and cover-ups)… even if a news media made a sincere effort to get at the truth it’s probably impossible….
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Then also, beyond all the things you mention, comes the question of what we are being directed to look at/hear/think about (with the implication it is important) … and what is not mentioned at all. 😦
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Great point – the most important news is often buried in the back pages of the newspaper, or a brief mention (if any) in other media. And vice versa….
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Yes! But… do we really want to know the whole story…?
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Please see my reply to Betty above. 🙂
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Oh yes, good conversation there! It also depends on what one deems to be ‘important’…
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I prefer to decide that for myself rather than leaving the “news” to do it..
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