The news media has gone through a radical change over the past twenty-five years or so. While there’s always been fierce competition amongst them to attract a fair share of viewers and readers, the methods used today to obtain that goal is cause for concern. Those methods are at the very heart of the problem with the modern days news media. The list is long, including some that haven’t even been recognized yet. Near the very top of that list is something that had been previously reserved for the tabloids; sensationalism. This in itself covers a lot of wrongs. But at the very top of the list, and probably more damaging to society, is a premeditated & calculated attempt to distort the news in an effort to support ideology. As part of that effort they will distort facts and at times hide, ignore, or refuse to report facts that don’t support their objectives. They and others justify this by calling it “spin” (or other simular words), as if that somehow makes it ok.
At CPSN there is no ideology except to say it like it is; not the way I would like for it to be or imagine it to be. I support no political party, no political organization, no religious belief, or any other kind of ideology, unless you think supporting the American public, especially the working class, falls under the heading of ideology. My Political Compass falls near dead center.
I tend to see & hear the underlying message in the reported news, and that’s mostly what I focus on. Over a life time I have found that it’s not so much what is said, but what isn’t said that tells the most about people. And that observation applies no place better than it does to the news media.
For many, many years, before CPSN, I had a habit of jotting down my thoughts on certain news reports, especially news I found irritating and maybe a little biased. That eventually evolved to include the news outlets them selves. As time went by and many of those old reports resurfaced, I enjoyed going back over my notes — notes sometimes made years earlier — and realizing that not only were many of my thoughts validated, but the media was now reacting with such surprise you’d think they had been blessed with a divine revelation. In 2007, as I begin to reflect on that correlation, my blog was born; first as ACNN, now as CPSN.
While the topics here may be wide-ranging and varying, CPSN is now the place for me to report (or jot down, if you will) my thoughts on the headlines of the day. In addition, you will find a tab called “Additional Reading” where I post my thoughts & ideas in depth on a particular subject which may or may not apply to a particular headline.
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The Old Man
