The satire of the Media in Shooting War is very interesting to me. I get hot and bothered whenever a Republican utters the words "Liberal Media" because for so much of this presidency the Media has been an unfunded branch of the state department. I acknowledge that this is how war time Media has traditionally been; Keep the morale up, support the troops, and show how we're winning. I, maybe somewhat naively, believe that media should be unbiased and show the truth and not what the government wants us to see. The Global News Network in Shooting War reminds me of a Fox-like news network all the time. It switches tack fast and is terrifying all day every day. Jessica's mock conversation of a Mid-West family on her blog is so frightening because I could easily imagine it happening.
Where are the voices asking honest questions? Where are the real answers instead of the language crutches and skirting the fence dodging that we've come to expect? Where is our accountability? Ultimately, it comes down to whether we can handle the questions, and even worse the answers. Because we are a frightened people. Because whereas before we could just turn off the TV and gather our thoughts and respond to our fear with determination, now we must turn off the TV, the computer, the radio, the cell phone, and all of our lights, and sit in our homes in silence just to gather enough peace and quiet to face the challenges of a brand new day with enough courage to even open our eyes. The problem of course being that most American's can't turn off their electronics and therefore can't open their eyes.
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maybe that's where the indi media comes in--the people with blogs and video cameras.....I think about the rodney king beating and how that changed race relations in the US in a significant way....all because of someone playing with their new videocamera....
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