Reader,

The current administration has recently begun criticizing the media for reporting bad news. Specifically, they want the American public to see all the good the happening in Iraq rather than the killing, torturing, secret prisons, bombings, massacres, civilian casualties etc.

Firstly, let me say that the moment I turn on the news and start hearing happy storries, its probably time to leave the United States. During the late 90s, when the economy was booming, crime was decreasing at an incredible rate, and unemployment was a virtual choice, we still saw bad news, every night, like clockwork. Why is this?

The answer to this question is that the nature of the media is that of a critic. We have freedom of the press because they are the ultimate tool in preventing dictatorship. The moment that is controlled is the same moment the founding principles of this country are lost. Forget the freedom of guns, it is the moment where information is censored, or only good news shown, that we loose our freedom.

So, let me conclude this blog by saying that if you ever hear only good news, then take your soma, and go to bed. Bill Clinton took the heat of the press when America was at its boom, so should W. when America seems so troubled. I will forever smile at the sight of bad news because only then will I smile at the promise that is America.

LeftyRighty
P.S. for those of you who understand the soma refrence, congrats. For those of you who don't, read Huxley's "Brave New World."