Ever Wonder Why It's Called Programming?

   So, last time I talked about how the governement uses religion to influence Americans. In this posting I will discuss how corporations and the government use the media to do the same thing. 

   During his initial campaign, Barack Obama talked about transparency in the government. He went as far as to say that the senate floor would be constantly monitored by C-Span.  Of course, This didn't happen. Why? Well I am sure there are a couple reasons. The first of these being, America's complete lack of interest. For the majority of Americans it is nothing more than boring politics.  The second reason for this, It wouldn't solve anything. I mean who honestly believes that the lobbyist and special interest groups would pay politicians on camera?  This brings us to entertainment. It's the old Kansas City Shuffle.  They once again have you, the American looking one way and they go the other. 
   As Americans, we have an addiction to the television. And I have to admit that I will pull up an hour or so of programming per week. What everyone must consider is that corporations have control of these channels and their skewed messages will be represented. FOX News and Disney are obvious targets. 

   Sex sells. And it really does. Why does it sell? It sells because we have been made to feel inadequate and unattractive. We have been made to feel this way because we see representations of beauty that are unattainable and we compare ourselves to them. Now what happens is companies feed off of our insecurity. They sell us things by showing us how much more attractive we will be if we use or obtain their product. This is why cartoons aren't nearly as prominent as they used to be.They were made to sell toys. Cartoons are now set aside so that preteen shows can air so that children can now be programmed to think this way too. I honestly never would have watched garbage like iCarly or Wizards of Waverly Place. This is also why MTV is nearly never about music but reality shows where it's about nothing but sex. Corporations need to make the American consumer from a young age believe that without it they are socially unacceptable. Honestly think about how "beauty" is sold to us. Remember when Princess Diana died?  She died the same week Mother Theresa did. Princess Diana was acclaimed for her charitable acts as if she was a saint.  Meanwhile, Mother Theresa who gave her entire life to charity barely got a mention. Why? Maybe because she was old?  Perhaps it was that she had no political power or wealth? Either way, it told us what the news finds important.

    Lets look at the news. IMPENDING DANGER AHEAD! Once upon a time, there was a journalistic attitude that was as much as possible unbiased. It was called integrity. The press was once used to be the government watchdogs. Now the government has the news stations and newspapers in their back pocket. You turn on FOX News and they tell you how horrible everything the democrats are doing is. Then you turn on CNN or MSNBC and they do the same thing to the republicans.  Perhaps it's not nearly as obvious, but they do it. On each side, they scare the living hell out of you. Insurance agencies do this all the time, and it's a great marketing ploy. "We scare you into taking what we are offering because the alternative is horrifying" Remember when the dirt throwing was only on campaign ads?  Now it's all over the news too. The news has become a political playground  meant to keep you the Duracell Battery working as part of the system.
   Some will tell you that TV has great stuff on it that's incredibly informative and interesting at the same time. The History Channel is something that is often thrown out there in the defense of the tube. To that, I say "Bullshit." Have you seen what's on the The History Channel lately? Pawn Stars? Ice Road Truckers? Ancient Aliens? Monster Quest? NONE OF THIS IS HISTORY! In fact, It is my belief that Ancient Aliens is only to give credit to Scientology. That is sort of a side point though. Television exists for really only three reasons; to brainwash you, scare you and subdue you. This is all for corporate gain. No other reason. 
    Religion has been called the opiate of the masses.  I challenge that and say "No, that is television."  I find myself hard pressed to believe that anyone would be taking the crap our government is giving us if television wasn't around. As long as the masses can sit on their couch and watch TV while gorging their faces, they will be much less likely to stand up to what the government is doing.  This is the modern day version of The Colosseum. Rome made sure The Colosseum was kept going so that Caesar could do what ever he wanted so the Romans wouldn't notice. The ORIGINAL Tea Party happened because the colonists were being unfairly taxed and not represented in England.  Taxation without Representation. This is happening to Americans right now and no one has really seemed to notice and those who have are greatly misrepresented on any news channel to the point of blacking out their incredible feats. Our forefathers bleed and died because of this and we are going to just sit by and let the liberties they gave us slip away because we were too concerned with a bitch named SOOKI?! Not only that, there are many people this winter braving the elements so that our freedoms maybe be secured. So many other Americans not only do not give a fuck, but they are also degrading them because the news has generalized them as a bunch of bongo playing, pot smoking, rainbow gathering hippies fucking up a park.  I love quotes and one I remember is "When a peaceful revolution is made impossible, a violent revolution becomes inevitable." Things are going to get way worse in this country and it is going to be way too late to do anything about it because when we had the chance to to do something we were lazy, scared or preoccupied.