The Roar
A Serious Matter
My last anti-media essay will not let go of me. While questions as to whether Cain did or didn’t will predominate till he becomes demoralized and beaten, the sad and lingering thought is that this is just the latest in a long line of channeling public thought to a predetermined position. For too long, the true culprit is not the individual topic but rather the topic provider. Our national media has now taken on the appearance of becoming our crucible, our test, for whether we remain not only free in action and deed but free in thought as well.
It seems to me that along with our “freedom of speech,” “freedom of the press” has been prostituted to the max. Are we okay with free speech’s only reservation being “fire” yelled in a crowded setting or with the mentioning of a “bomb” at an airport? In reality, there is so much more to free speech than those two exceptions but that is for another time.
These nagging notions of mine, brought about by this despicable portrayal of Cain, urges a further understanding, not only for myself but hopefully for all who remain curious.
Suffice to say that since the freedoms of speech and press are explicitly acknowledged within the First Amendment to our Constitution, it also follows that an ordinary amount of responsibility accompanies these rare public provisions. This stipulation is often lost with the individual’s flaunting, as exemplified today with the occupiers “free speech” debasements taking place around our Country.
The most acceptable of public impressions is that our “freedom of the press” qualifies as a “free press.” Both terms, “freedom” and “free,” are defined as a state of liberty. Yet there is liberty and there is liberty. Since our Constitution was written back in the day, definitions from Webster’s 1828 dictionary become more appropriate.
Liberty is a freedom from restraint. Yet in society, there is natural, civil, political and religious liberties. Civil liberty pertains to an “expedient for the safety and interest of the society, state or nation. This should form the guidelines for the operation of our information industry.
Who among us can argue that “the safety and interest” of our nation is served best by the retorts of unsubstantiated recollections? Who among us can accept the defamation of character which these claims are now producing? Is this the act of a “free press” or an unsubstantiated press?
Is this a new media phenomenon and if not, just how damaging can the whimsical become? The answer is “very damaging” when one remembers the supposed theories surrounding the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin attacks. Today, credible doubt has surfaced as to whether this cause for war ever took place.
Another current day media escapade is this “global warming” facade. Without getting into the nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts of this scheme, the thousands of emails to have been discovered two years ago detail the attempts of scientists to concoct and deceive. Just recently, another batch of email evidence was brought to light with identical intent. Still, our media continues with it’s promotion of a future doomsday while the federal government legislates to the point of outlawing the ageless and proven worthiness of the incandescent light bulb.
The media’s product of the unsubstantiated now promotes the public’s acceptance of the absurd. When it’s weight can start wars and reverse industries, what chance does one innocent man have? But more importantly, what chance do we have for obtaining the truth, if in fact, that remains our objective?
Jim Bowman, Author of,
This Roar of Ours
Sorry to break it to you, Jim and Bill, but what has happened is our freedoms have been stolen by corporations in their many guises.
I’m not sure if it is explained in the history books, but I believe that the Crown’s use of the corporation – backed up with governmental enforcement – was the real fear that drove many of the positions the Founders took. Nowhere in the Constitution is the term “corporation” mentioned, but the acts involved in commerce are specified to be regulated (controlled) in Article I Sections 8 and 9.
Corporations chafed mightily under the initial regulations instituted by the States, and there were many cases brought by them before the federal bench to eke advantages to their growth and profit. They finally managed to marry their government granted privileges with the Rights of Man in the aftermath of the passing of the 14th Amendment and it’s been downhill ever since for our Freedoms.
We now see just how insidious that commingling has become, as the Media commits both commission and omission of sources and facts they wish us to consider. I don’t always agree with the positions taken by Representative Ron Paul (TX), but his constitutionally principled stands are always denigrated by the Media in furtherance of the ‘One World Socialism’ precepts of those failed policies.
Hillary’s “Gatekeepers” are alive and well, and their unholy alliance with politics is undermining all of our individual constitutional Rights and Freedoms.