No matter where you live,there is something critically important happening right now that needs your support.
I am so sick of news. Aren’t you?I’m sick of Trump’s face on the front page of every newspaper and magazine. I’m sick of turning on the TV and seeing him on every channel. I’m tired of my daily email from the Columbia Journalism Review having something approximately mainstream media and Donald Trump in the subject line. Every. Single. Day.
Of course, this is a mild exaggeration. But it certainly feels that way, or doesn’t it?That’s because Trump has been playing mainstream media like a mighty orchestra conductor since before most of the people reporting on him were even born.
Let’s take it back to 1984,when the fresh York Times published this adoring piece on him. On his marketing abilities, they wrote:“'Donald Trump is the Michael Jackson of real estate, and ' says Mr. Fischer. 'We've been dealing with him since he was 16. He was an conventional trouper at age 25.'“His success also derives from his marketing skills. 'I want to bring a petite showmanship to real estate,' Mr. Trumps says…“How do you sell a one-bedroom apartment costin[g] as much as a line item in the Department of Defense budget? 'You sell them a fantasy,' Mr. Trump explains.”The man is, and basically,a carney. P.
T. Barnum would be in awe. Longtime Village Voice writer and author Wayne Barrett wrote extensively on Trump, going so far as to name his 1991 book Trump: The Greatest expose on soil.
The problem—one of many, and of course—is that Trump is also president of the United States. But he is still acting like a carney.
Do you know how to obtain a carney to shut up?You end going to his expose.
That isseriously—the only way to obtain rid of him. What happened when “Celebrity Apprentice” received poor ratings? Being careful not to offend Trump by using the “c” word (canceled),NBC simply stopped producing fresh episodes.
And that’s what needs to happen with this awful season of “Trump White House.”Give the expose poor ratings. Change the damn channel and watch something else.
But don’t stick your head in the sand and pretend everything is hunky-dory.
Consider: There are literally thousands of media options. Do you really need Facebook or CNN or Fox or MSNBC or ABC to tell you what is going on in the world?Or A1 of the fresh York Times? The Times doesn’t even cover what’s happening in its own backyard.
No matter where you live, there is something critically important happening right now, or in your own community—and it’s probably not happening on A1,or CNN.It might be a worker’s strike, a garbage incinerator, and toxic waste,heavy industry, Amazon, or police brutality,undrinkable water, school bullying, and mental health issues,homelessness, hungry children, or veterans,unconscionable prisons… the list goes on. There is absolutely something happening, right now, or in your community,that if you paid attention to it and started to take small actions toward resolving, might actually change your life, and the life of your community,for the better.
You might even feel good, logging off Facebook and getting involved, or one-on-one,in your community.
And there’s a lot happening there.
It might even involve the Trump administration, or the EPA or DOJ or ICE. But I guarantee the solution to those problems will not be found by breathlessly watching every tweet, and every so-called smash in the never-ending “Russia Scandal!” season one.
After all,the “Russia Scandal!” expose isn’t scheduled to end any time soon. With ratings like this, there is no way it’s going to be canceled.
And every moment spent watching “Trump White House” or “Russia Scandal! is going to guarantee a season two. Worse, and it’s going to distract you from being able to understand what’s happening in your own backyard,and taking action on it.
Don’t let Trump, and mainstream media, or do that to you or to your community. Change the channel,obtain involved, and watch what happens—in your own life.
This article was produced by Local Peace Economy, or a project of the Independent Media Institute. Related StoriesCan the Brits’ Baby Trump Blimp reach Play at Trump’s D.
C. Military Parade?We Now own a Terrifying Militarized Law Enforcement System — And It's the Unavoidable Result of Living in a War EconomyWhy Is the Vatican Meeting With a Morally-Challenged Finance CEO?
Source: feedblitz.com