Bernard Shaw started something. He started reporting 'as it happens' from Baghdad. The people watching were glued to the their televisions. They were getting first hand information about a tragedy occurring half way around the world.
Why would the American public be interested? Because it was their military attacking Iraq due to it's invasion of Kuwait. There were American lives on the line with soldiers, too.
Since that day the cable stations have sought to be on the lips of Americans everyday. Why? Because it brings in money. At the time Bernard Shaw reported cable was self sustaining with subscriptions. Today, they are a greed machine looking for subscriptions AND paid advertising. Does anyone realize the amount of monies being spent during any election today? It is enormous. That only fuels the reason for more of the same at the cable stations. It is a wide open market.
The genius of the cable news stations is the chronic debate over NOTHING. The right political machines uses NOTHING of significance to run on, but, because of 'stage presence' it sells.
There is nothing left to talk about in regard to immigration, the KXL, health care insurance, abortion or personhood. Not a damn thing to say about it. The importance of the CHASE FOR NOTHING by the cable stations has the right wing brandishing votes on the same NOTHINGNESS in the double digits. The ACA was voted by the US House 34 times. The House never addressed health care reform before and now that it is decided law, they assault it over and over.
Everyone of these issues should be something the right wing is ashamed of and the left wing applauded for, but, does that happen? No. If that happened the country might actually be better for it and corruption could not exist. By the way, the chronic ranting about President Obama, his weakness, his birth place, his breaking the laws of the USA, his burgeoning impeachment is all corruption. All of it. But, because it sells and people are willing to believe the worst and are ready to change their minds in the ballot box, it occurs.
It is the willingness of the American people TO DO THE RIGHT THING in the ballot box and their desire to make the world a better place the corruption exists. It isn't their fault. They want to do the morally correct thing, but, they don't have the will or the time TO INVEST in conducting the research on candidates and problems the USA faces.
In the past, if a Congress voted TWICE on the same issue the bumbs would have been removed from seats in Congress and the country would be outraged. But, because the public is chronically bombarded with rants and raves, it is NOW something they are unable to be incensed about, so why bother?
The issue with the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi being investigated over and over is outrageous. Americans are spending large amounts of money on NOTHING. Seven times already the results of investigation after investigation have concluded THE SAME THING. I would expect Godly people, as FOX suggests they are, to let the dead rest in peace, but, that would NOT help Priebus.
I honestly believe America is lost. It was sacrificed by a profession whereby it's members demanded high ethical standards. It's gone. That profession known as journalism that touted itself as the fourth branch of government is corrupt and out of control. It facilitates the money being spend in elections. The entire idea money can buy office at any level of government is not only corrupt, it is immoral and a form of profit for news medias.
Where are all the ethics we once were proud of? Where is the ethics in government? The Speaker of the House should have been admonished at least 33 times since he took over the gavel.
The USA is very poor condition and it isn't because of the President. It is because propaganda is better news than reality.
