Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Scary Time!
So I'm sitting at the doctor's office this morning and I see this issue of Time Magazine. It's fairly recent. I don't read Time, but the cover caught my eye:
That's a legit headline? "Be Worried?"
Is that what passes for journalism these days?
Time has always been a liberal magazine... and they're all too happy to jump on board with the latest liberal cause... that's nothing new.
And, granted, the Main Stream Media's only way of remaining afloat these days is to try to scare us into thinking we need to follow their version of the news.... but are that not even trying to hide that anymore?
Honestly, a headline like Be Worried. Be Very Worried." ... that's only a notch or two above the supermarket tabloids.
There was a day, I suppose, when the MSM actually reported news stories... rather than trying to make or shape the news, and rather than trying to manipulate their marketplace. Those days are over. These days, the MSM doesn't even try to hide their liberal agenda, and it isn't ashamed about it's scare-tactics and manipulation. You don't need me to tell you how shameless the MSM is. They'll print or broadcast anything if they think it will scare you into watching, subscribing, and reading.
Time is one of the worst offenders. Consider these recent Time covers that came to mind:
Here's a few I made up... it's only a matter of Time, though, before we see these covers in waiting rooms everywhere:
Crap your pants...It's DARRELL! Good stuff. I hate sensationalism, and the really scary thing is most of those aren't outside the realm of possible covers...
The thing is, people aren't worrying about it largely because they don't understand the impacts or how bad it's gonna get... We are burning fossil fuel at an unprecedented rate, and the Earth has not been this warm in 420,000 years. The sea level is rising and is already engulfing small islands, already displacing many people to New Zealand. Species are becoming extinct, coral reefs are dying, etc, etc... but then again, you didn't bother to read beyond the cover. I'm not going to assume you do or do not know this information, but if you did study it, I would be surprised if you didn't feel that there is a need to spread this knowledge and act immediately.
There is consensus among scientists that human beings are warming the Earth. This isn't biased journalism, it's isn't "one" version, it's just reporting the facts.
Although I see the point you want to make about sensationalism, there are so many people who are still so in denial and completely oblivious to the problem or dismissing it as the "new liberal cause". I think this is one issue where we do need to panic, if that's the only thing that's going to make us act. It encompasses petty political divisions and human conflicts... we're talking about effects on the whole freakin' world.
a "conservative" environmentalist,
J. Gammon
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