There are, give or take, a half-dozen fast-food joints on every corner of every neighborhood in the country. Junk food is readily consumable. Likewise, mainstream information kitchens are serving up junk news on every corner of the Web and society. Junk food chains have been feeding America for decades; they have a long history of providing “wholesome,” accessible food to the masses, and have been immensely popular and trusted for generations. Mainstream media is also the popular choice, possessing an image of trustworthiness that seems to be held at the revered level of fatherly advice, by all who consume their information. But, like the cheap “meal deal” that initially satisfies the appetite, junk news has no nutritional value and, in the end, leaves society mentally obese and sickly. Yet so many hunger all the more for it, attempting to fill their need for the meat of truth, but instead rely on spoon-(Buzz)feedings of misinformation like toothless infants gumming puréed bananas.
America has binged, but now it’s time to purge FaceBurger, McTwitter, CNNabon, Jack In The Vox, Long Salon Silver’s, NPRbucks, Atlantic E. Cheese’s, Slateza Hut, Politico Bell, MSNB Seafood, Huffkin’ Donuts, Dairy Kos, New York Wild Wings and Snopesway, or your mental physique will start looking like Michael Moore.
Next time: I’ll compare state and federal leaders to Little Caesars.
Life Not In Vain 