I have a short thing here just a though something me and a friend were talking about recently - how the media makes enemies and villains of people who are not really genuine culprits. My target here is football media.
I think a big reason England are so bad at football internationally is that the media destroy the wrong people. Sven was an excellent manager - proven by his turnaround of Manchester city, but the media tore him apart after England were knocked out by Portugal. They got knocked out because they were beaten by a better side and did not have the luck needed that happens often in sport, which is a touch-and-miss thing. I know England would have done better this time round if Sven would have been kept in as manager - I know they would have at least qualified.
This is just one example but the thing I want to hit at is that the media prefer bad news because it sells better than good news. Look at Big brother - more like ‘big disaster’ which includes people being thrown off the show for abusive behaviour, back stabbing, two-faced people, but apparently all this is great entertainment. The media lap it up and do you know what? I have not seen one of these ‘tasks’ that the housemates do to win their food budget.
What kind of society have we become were this is our entertainment? Why are the media dogs and the opinions of those controlling what we read more important than other needs for example a countries need for a good football manager or captain?
Consume, conform, obey. That is what the world wants us to do. I decline.
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