The media flu

The media is sick in America. It has caught a fever of sensationalism. This is fine when we realize that this is not new in America. The job of a news station is to get people to watch, the same job that sitcoms have. The media used to hold up this standard of unbiased reporting as the ideal of what it meant to be a reporter and a news outlet. Now it is all about how many people can we get to watch and how fast can we get the story out before everyone else. This is also fine.        What is not fine is taking the news media as a fair and unbiased source of reporting. This appearance is what has changed and it can clearly be seen. We like to pretend that we have an unbiased media and that we are accepting of others and their points of view. In reality we never have been. That is not to say America is terrible, in fact the opposite is true. America is great because of the ideals it was founded on. The idea that everyone is created equal. That everyone has a right outside of government to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The Government does not give these rights to us but instead we are born with them. These ideals are at the foundation of what America is.

The narrative that America is terrible often points out terrible things that have happened in the past. They look at the slaughter of native people, slavery, and segregation. They fail to look at historical context. Conquest is nothing new and America is no different in that regard. They also fail to point out the fact that the Native Americans attacked and killed people too. Was what happened to the native people right? Yes and no. That is the best answer you can get with most any historic event. Was what Genghis Khan did great or terrible? He opened up a lot of trade, was tolerant of religion, spread doctors and teachers throughout his empire. But he also killed people, destroyed towns, and used biological warfare. The same can be said about America or any other country on the face of the earth. Every other culture has had slavery as well. Segregation has also taken part throughout history. So when you take these factors in terms of historical context and realize that they are nothing different then you have to look at the roots of a culture.

In the West the root of this culture is in the individual before the state. In America the individual comes first, then the family, then your extended family and your neighborhood, your community and city and so on until you get to the state and the nation. The media wants you to believe that America and Western culture is evil (racist, sexist, xenophobic, etc.) but this is simply not true. If it were true wouldn’t you see laws outlawing homosexuality or immigration? Would it not be more advantageous to be a member of the KKK instead of a liability or something to be publicly shamed for? The media wants it to be true because they can stay relevant. They can be the one that finally reveals the ‘truth’ behind the curtain that America is a truly awful place full of hate. They want it to be true so bad that they are willing to make it up. They have also forged an alliance with Social Justice Warriors at the universities and the Hollywood elites so they can attempt to control the narrative. America is rejecting that narrative and you can see the outrage by the media, SJW’s and Hollywood come out in the form of Antifa. Media will always be biased and write anything as long as it gets views. My advice, don’t get caught up in it all, try to make yourself a good person, and don’t forget to laugh.