One of my great fears of the misrepresentation of end-of-life planning and creating living will directives is that some Seniors may truly believe "death panels" are going to come and euthanize them if health care reform is passed. It's an outrageous lie, geared towards one of most vulnerable sectors of our society. This best example of this irresponsible behavior is propogated by FOX (the Fear, Obedience, and Xenophobia network).
I am all for freedom of speech. But we do put limits on it. We have removed certain drug ads because they exaggerated their claims. We restrict certain types of shows with violence, adult language or sex until after a certain hour, so children will not be exposed to it. You can't yell fire in a crowded theater and you don't mess around with Slim, da, do, da, do....
As for "news", we let the media propagate lies in order to create fear and hatred, or to present biased reporting. Some of us get outraged and boycott, some go "meh" and turn the channel and rationalize it: That's OK, that's their First Amendment Right, they are just doing a sucky job of reporting news, yada, yada, yada. Bullpucky!
I say it's time to add more ammo to fight this type of yellow journalism. Actually it can't even be called journalism. It's right-wing propaganda. When a lie is broadcast, it needs to be called out and the truth be told. There are some really good sites doing that, but what's one more?
I'm thinking of doing a blog about this, which would mean watching Fox and listening to other "sources", like Rush. I'll call out lies, regardless of party. I may need brain bleach and a couple of cocktails afterwords, but I'm willing to take the risk so you can be truthed on a regular basis. There will truth, cocktails, polls and whatever.
Alleged blog would be online October 5th, because I need time to get away and contemplate stuff. And such as.
So what do you think? Take the poll, leave a comment, have a Colbert Bump on me:
The Colbert Bump Cocktail Recipe Ingredients
1 ounce Heering cherry liqueur
1 1/2 ounces "good ol' Republican gin"
1/4 ounce lemon juice ("we gotta keep away the scurvy")
Splash of soda water ("for summer cooling")
Procedure
To a tall iced-tea glass filled three-quarters full of ice, add the ingredients in the order above. Stir and serve with a heavy dose of pomposity.
Thank you Stephen Colbert and Dave Wondrich for this fantastic tasting libation.