(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Mainstream News Media [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-03-11 ​Media's quiet voice, Truth's beacon dims in the night, Dawn waits for the bold. ​🔷🔷🔷 Today's discourse, where airwaves hum with voices, where screens flicker with specters of our time, there lies a tale, not of valiant deeds but of silence and omission. This is a story, a plea, a cry for the media, guardians of our collective consciousness, to awaken from their slumber, to rise above the clamor for attention, ratings, and the ephemeral allure of gold. Present day, the vast expanse of our shared domain, media, titans of immense power, stands watch. Yet, in this crucial hour, when the call for truth rings clear, these giants waver, swayed by the song of subscribers, the cacophony of clicks, the shimmering mirage of market shares and margins. The pursuit, relentless, for the spectacle, the sensational, eclipses the sacred duty to inform, to illuminate the dark corners where deceit and malfeasance lie in wait. This tale speaks of silence, a void where the fervent zeal for justice should resound. A lament for the lack of courage to name the vile, to denounce the disastrous, to confront the cauldron of hatred simmering among those who walk the hallowed halls of power, who stand on the precipice of our future, shaping the destiny of millions with words and deeds. The air is thick with unspoken truths, with lies left unchallenged, with corruption unexposed. A miasma of missed deeds, of ethical breaches vast and varied, cloaks our collective conscience, stifling the breath of democracy, the spirit of freedom. The media, tasked with the vigil, with the illumination of truth, falters in the face of adversity, choosing the path of least resistance, the allure of the headline, the narrative that sells, over the arduous journey towards the heart of darkness. Call out, the people cry, call out every lie, every misdeed, every act of corruption, possible or proven. Shine the light on practices unbecoming, on the absence of integrity, on the desecration of decency. Call out the specters of past horrors reborn, of nationalism clothed in the guise of patriotism, of allegiance to the adversary over the values that define us. This is a declaration, a manifesto for a media unbound by the chains of commerce, unswayed by the allure of the sensational. A call for a return to the ethos of truth, of journalism as the beacon of democracy, the defender of the downtrodden, the voice of the voiceless. Let the media be the medium through which the truth, unvarnished and uncompromising, flows into the consciousness of the nation, awakening, invigorating, inspiring. The titans of news, the heralds of our time, must cast aside the cloak of neutrality when faced with the unequivocal. When the fabric of our society is rent asunder by lies, by hatred, by the insidious creep of authoritarianism, the media must stand firm, a bulwark against the tide. Let them call out the architects of division, the purveyors of prejudice, the champions of avarice. Let them delve beneath the surface, beneath the veneer of respectability, to expose the rot within, to lay bare the foundations of falsehood upon which the mighty seek to build their thrones. In the garden of democracy, where seeds of freedom are sown, media must be ever the vigilant gardener, tending the fragile shoots, guarding against the encroachment of weeds, the insidious spread of poison. Let them be the heralds of hope, the champions of the common good, the defenders of the realm against those who would seek to usurp the will of the people, to undermine the pillars upon which our society stands. For in the end, what we seek, what we yearn for, is a media that transcends the boundaries of the mundane, that rises above the fray, embracing its role as the custodian of truth, the guardian of the public trust. A media that forges a path through the wilderness of misinformation, leading us toward the light of understanding, the warmth of community, the strength of an informed citizenry. Therefore, let this be our call for change. Demand a media that serves not the interests of itself and the few but the needs of the many, a media that stands as a pillar of democracy, unyielding in the face of adversity, unwavering in its commitment to truth. Let us reclaim the narrative, reshape the discourse, and together, forge a future where the media is the mirror in which we see not only our reflections but the truth of our world, in all its complexity, in all its beauty, in all its pain. Let this be the media we strive for, the media we deserve, the media of our constitution that cries out to every corner of the earth freedom of the press and freedom of speech must never die! [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/11/2228799/-Mainstream-News-Media?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/