Have you ever noticed how few people who are accused of crimes (real or imagined) in the media actually have any cases brought against them in trial? Or if they do, we don’t hear about it. Or the person ends up being found “not guilty” after they’ve been drug through the mud and paid a hefty penalty for being falsely accused.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t trust the media as far as I can throw a cast iron Dutch oven across my front lawn. Modern media does a pathetic job of investigating, and then puts individuals on trial in their media outlets, convicting them publicly. The result is that people’s lives are ruined, their livelihoods decimated, and their reputations destroyed without any fair trial occurring in the court system.
Why I Stopped Watching the News
I’m so tired of it, I don’t even watch the news anymore. All the media cares about is money… selling ads. It’s all about the clicks, and the views, with no regard for the lives they destroy by releasing information that hasn’t even been properly investigated or brought to trial. They relate their opinions and judgements as if they were facts over and over and over again, as if telling nonsense ad nauseum makes it true.
Each of us needs to really consider what is happening rampantly in the media. It’s a kangaroo court. If we all stopped watching and reading their tripe and refused to believe everything they say, it’s possible that things might change. Imagine a world that the Founding Fathers envisioned where each person was innocent until proven guilty. Imagine a world where we all reserved judgment until someone is given a fair and speedy trial before a jury of their peers and a legal judgement passed!
Perhaps, then, the media wouldn’t be able to destroy people based on twisted facts, insinuation, jumping to conclusions, hearsay, opinion, framing, or pure fabrication. Have you ever for a moment put yourself in the position of one of these folks (regardless of who they are or what they believe) who is the target of a media slam campaign? Can you imagine having your good name run through the mud, your livelihood destroyed, and people you once considered friends turn on you?
Whether we’re talking about someone we like or dislike, whether it’s someone who seems to have witnesses stacked against them according to the media, they still deserve to be considered innocent until proven guilty! Why do we feel the need to take sides and pass judgement based on opinion, hearsay, accusations, or just because someone is being sued? Anyone can be sued for anything these days. Anyone can be accused and charged with anything. I have no idea if all the people whom the media has turned on are innocent or guilty. But I know this…I will stand behind the US Constitution which says a person is innocent until proven guilty. That is a hill I will die on.
And may we pray to the Almighty that our judicial system will deliver fair trials. That’s a whole other subject that needs to be addressed.