Dear Media,
In case it isn’t apparent after the election, you are no longer trusted. The Constitution gives you so much freedom that you have forgotten what comes with freedom…responsibility. You no longer represent all of the United States. You no longer represent unbiased coverage of events. Facts seem to surprise you occasionally. We no longer respect you and what you say. This is all encompassing. This is not just the “liberal media” or “faux news”. This is all of you. You forgot that we, the people, are the ones who give you the right to print opinions without censorship from the government. You seem to forget that we can censor you and that we have by turning you off and looking for our news elsewhere. You blame so many different reasons for the failings of your newspapers and TV shows but you never blame yourself. The American people have to dig deep through masses of articles to try and find the truth of a story because you have buried it underneath pseudo news shows and reality tv. You have created the divide amongst Americans in order to obtain ratings. You have lost the sacredness of your job. Half the time your spelling and grammar is deplorable.
I’m writing this to demand you do your job. I’m not claiming that other people feel the same as I do…because everyone has an opinion. Something that you need to learn is that every opinion has the right to be heard not just the ones that will make you look better. How many of you have lied about a news story or places you’ve been or things that you have seen? How many of you leave your highrise apartments and elitist lifestyles to come to “fly over” America? How many of you retain common sense and understand that what has made this country great is individuals? Not Black Americans, not White Americans, not Christian Americans, not Gay Americans, but Americans. Yes, sometimes we identify with a label but we are more than that label. Please, come out among the real people in the world and not the ones who you think you know. We might have something to teach you that is newsworthy.
Signed,
A white Christian college educated Libertarian hippie (Is that enough labels for you?)
the fighter still remains 