Greg Howard
11/9/2012
Media in the United States enjoys special privilege and protection under the First Amendment to the Constitution. Our Founders, in their timeless wisdom, knew the value of a press, free of government interference, serving as a watchdog and keeping the public informed. The vision was that a free press would serve to both inform the public and to serve as an additional check on the power of government.
Of course, with this power in the hands of the media, the potential for corruption was great. Until recently, the cost of presses, cameras, and other equipment concentrated the power of the press into the hands of an elite few. As a result, those controlling the media abused their power and moved from informing the public to shaping policy or aiding those that shape policy by withholding information, reporting misinformation, or simply ignoring the actions of those they serve.
In the recent election cycle, the abuse of power by the media became shameless. While many of the public who could make good use of the internet and other media sources became aware of the absolute audacity of the lies coming both from the Obama campaign and his administration, the media continued to serve as his propaganda arm, both attacking his opponent and detractors, as well as providing cover on a list of scandals that could have easily filled the 24 hour news cycle with little repetition.
An uninformed populace, fed a steady diet of lies, or even worse, no news at all on many important issues went to the polls in what was probably the most important election of our lifetime with the predictable result.
Even then, stories of election irregularities were circulating throughout the internet and social media, but no one in the mainstream media cared to even take a look. Why should they? Their chosen hero whom they had defended and pushed upon the American people had won, and by extension, they had won. They had shaped an election. They had the power.
It is time we strip them of this power. It is not rightfully theirs. This power belongs with the American people. The press was never intended to determine the course of American history, but to report it as it occurred.
It is time, we, the people of the United States, who still believe that the truth about our government and its actions is the most important role of the press stop the press from its continued corruption of America.
We have some things in our favor to start…
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