Once again we are reminded of
the power of the media.
I am, at once, in awe and, in
equal part, terrified of what the media has to tell us—the common person, the
‘man on the street’, as it were.
We are assailed from all
corners about the progress of one ‘Donald Trump’ through the corridors that
lead to the position of ‘Leader of The United States’; also known as POTUS, I
am led to believe.
We are assured that he is the
devil’s spawn and, therefore, the least likeliest person possible to attain the
Presidency.
Of course, those of us that
inhabit the ‘Free World’ that exists outside of the United States only know
this Trump fellow through the television show of ‘The Apprentice’ where his
autocratic bawling of “You’re fired!” had the mindless gawkers on the edge of
their seat to see which sad person had been expunged from the show this time.
However, this ‘Least Likely’
title seems to be wearing away into ‘Most Likely’ if the reports are to be
believed.
The media coverage would
appear to be supporting his cause rather than that of the, apparently,
intellectual Mr. Bernie Sanders whose cause is, in any case, likely to be
collapsing under the weight of certain delegates whose task is to make sure
only those who will bend to their will attain the ultimate power. And so rises
the status of one Mrs. Hilary Clinton.
But what of Europe?
Shock! Horror!
So much has been printed and
expressed on the media of the trials and tribulations experienced there.
Rape, murder, riots across
Scandinavia; Germany filling with refugees—both genuine and economic; the
French threatening to open Calais to a flood of people wanting to cross into
Britain.
We are told that these
refugees are all from Syria but what is the truth? Will we ever know?
It becomes apparent that there
will, soon, be no room for Europeans in Europe. The whole Continent will be
chock-full of people from North Africa and the Middle East. Every one of them,
we are informed, with crime on their minds.
Every individual refugee is
filled with hatred towards the people of the country that they are begging to
give them solace; every single one of them is hell-bent on some criminal
activity—not one of them has an ounce of gratitude towards the benevolence of
the Western countries that take them in.
Indeed, the aforesaid Donald
Trump has decreed that every single one of them is a Muslim and must be
prevented from entering the USA.
Muslims are, it is generally
agreed in the media, nasty people who should be prevented from going anywhere.
How much of this is true?
Donald Trump can be
seen and heard addressing crowds at his meetings in the U.S. but how much of
what he says has been blown up and misinterpreted by an agile minded media with
vested interest?
How many media outlets, and
we have mentioned this previously in these pages, can be entrusted with the
truth? Several times recently a ‘news’ channel on American television has been
shown to be reporting false information.
But, above all, is the idea
of what are they not reporting?
How much of what they are
telling us is a case of ‘watch the right-hand—never mind the left-hand, just
look at the right-hand’?
‘Coca-Cola’ did this with heir
marketing plan to promote one of their drink products. They sold this product
in a white can that, should you buy it, sent a percentage of the price of that
tin to an organisation that was trying to save the Polar Bear. Everyone loves
Polar Bears. One of the meanest killing machines on the planet but, somehow, we
love them. Possibly because most of us will never meet one.
So ‘Coca-Cola’ is ‘green’?
Just watch the right-hand.
What happens to all those
millions (billions?) of aluminium cans and plastic bottles?
This is what the media is
doing. It is psychological warfare and you, gentle soul, are the enemy.
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