The death of the fourth estate

As much as I would love to assume that most people know what the reference the fourth estate means I will fill in for those who don’t know. It refers to a press that holds the other parts of society accountable, those parts being largely government and the church and also the people. Church meaning any organized religion not just one specifically. The fourth estate is one of the things that make revolution and change possible. The concept a powerful fourth estate is why those in power work so hard to spin what is known about them. It is why in the modern day that big businesses and governments wants so desperately to reel in, fetter, chain up, and control the internet to a nice manageable place that they can turn off if they need to, to maintain their hold on power. The concept of a powerful fourth estate is why Julian Assange felt that it was necessary to make public, records that businesses and governments kept secret. In part it is why Edward Snowden leaked out information about the NSA. Holding those who hold the reigns to task for what they do. However the main stream press works to vilify the people like Assange, Snowden and even groups like Anonymous for taking up the fallen banner of the fourth estate, to cry out when others have fallen silent. The most troubling thing about the information age is that it has become nearly impossible to sort through opinion and find the facts. Pick any issue, doesn’t matter what and you will find yourself unable to sort out anything that useful without giving yourself a massive headache in the process. The mainstream press spends more time just reporting “the what” that is happening in micro stories, which have absolutely no substance what so ever and there is never any follow up or it is complete over saturation of topics in speculative opinion without any fact to support what is being said. It would be nice if we could get back to the days to read something put together like Woodward and Bernstein that shakes the very core of the political world. We need leadership that leads and is fearful of the press because they are no longer just their megaphones for spouting out whatever gibberish they feel like hoodwinking the public with this week on what ever the topic of the minute happens to be. The press should be something more than the puppets of the powerful. The press used to be lions and where they tread the wicked and corrupt trembled because they could not hide the truth forever. I want to believe there are still real journalists out there who pick up the cause but I don’t see them. Be the change you want to see in the world. Well this is me picking up my piece of the banner and I use my voice and this internet while we still have it to ask questions of my leaders but I don’t get any answers or the ones I do get are just the same drivel that is already splashed out in mass quantities and is more propaganda than substance. The sad thing is that anymore the only useful information on the news is the weather and the rest is garbage or your daily dose of apathy and complacency. Well, that’s all for now, other stuff to follow most likely Happy Birthday if it’s your birthday and a very merry un birthday if it isn’t your birthday Thank you for reading, please subscribe, Have a great day and play nice in the neighborhood. Ciao, PS 3 / PS4 Gamer Tag: invisible don Invisible Don PO Box 4425 Roanoke VA 24015 Send me Post Cards … I love Post Cards