The stuff on which idiots thrive.

The proliferation of news sources through the Internet and cable may be a good thing. But also, it could be having bad effects. On the one hand, it gives us more opportunity to educate ourselves. To become well-informed. But also, it gives us opportunity to cultivate idiocy. For instance, we can choose to go to idiot web sites and idiot channels to get our news. Slanted. Programmed. To keep us idiots forever and ever. If an idiot is allowed to choose his source, he'll run off to Fox News, And listen to the likes of Glenn Beck. Or he'll tune in radio commentator Rush Limbaugh. Or he'll fall in love with nonsensical, empty-headed Sarah Palin. In other words, idiots will tend to go to idiots. To idolize his/her fellow idiots. In the old days, people went to the stable channels for their news. The major networks. And to daily newspapers. And generally speaking, most of 'em gave us some semblnce of balance and objectivity. We've lost that in many, many of the media outlets. We are fed what we want to consume. Rather than what we ought to consume. And many of us will settle for a steady diet of crap. Yes, bull shit. The very stuff on which idiots thrive. --Jim Broede