Weekly, I will discuss different political events covered by the media happening around the world, in 80 days (one semester, pun intended "Around the World in 80 Days"), covered by the media, that relates to material covered in my weekly reading for Mass Media and Politics
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Scandals, lies, and feeding frenzies, OH MY!
Remember the time you lied directly to someones face? I mean, bold-faced lied knowing exactly what happened. Now, imagine you told the same lie to 318 million people who relatively trusted you, who pay your salary, who respect you to an extent. Because that's exactly the scandal the Federal government did immediately after the murdering of four American's in Benghazi, including the Ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens.
If you told your employer a lie of such magnitude, you'd be fired right? At least most of us believe that'd be the minimally appropriate consequence. Ignorance is no excuse for a lie, and neither is saying sorry in the aftermath. So, why wasn't anyone fired? More so, why did Hillary Clinton, the person who took responsibility for the lie, who was found to be negligent regarding Benghazi by the Senate committee, still allowed to keep her job?
There's really no answer, no explanation, no logic. Multiple requests for security were made by Ambassador Stevens, which were subsequently ignored or denied. You can argue all day about who was at fault, but even still, four American's lost their lives that didn't have to. 318 million American's were told a lie, yet, no one was punished, not even the murderers themselves.
Why has this lost substantial media coverage, though it only occurred two years ago?
Personally, I have not forgotten that I was not only lied to by the government that represents me, but four American's lives have not been brought to justice. When Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, American's desperately called for justice. They protested, wrote letters, and wore clothing to call for the arrest of Zimmerman, the media had a feeding frenzy with this! Why aren't the American people and media nearly as upset about Benghazi? Why isn’t the public calling for Hillary Clinton to face trial for negligence? The media airs segments on the Zimmerman case, yet, they have stopped reporting about the Benghazi attack. The people control the media; and until we call for the justice of all American's equally, atrocities and scandals will continue to occur without proper due process.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment