Like McCathyism, will this error of terror come to an end? Where we are going with all this is not safe if we are all networked together. We need a different method of doing things, and we need to put some constitutional protection on “2.0″ or we are headed into a bleak and truly terrorizing world.

One might sit an ponder exactly what “Truth is a Virus” means. I would be remiss if I did not point out the origin of that saying, it is not something that I made up on my own, rather it is from a movie called, “Pump Up The Volume.” Aside from the horrible support Christian Slater received from his co-stars, and ocasional cheesy dialog, it is a fantastic look at free speech.

One could look at the header and see, “Truth is a Virus.” The see the tag line as, “Something that poisons one’s soul or mind.” Then wonder what exactly is the site saying, that is of course if that person has never seen “Pump up the Vollume.” Since there were no sequals then I am assuming that not many people have. The question still remains un answered, “What does The Truth is a Virus” mean in relation to this site?

We all know that our political leaders are lying, are media has surpassed mere sentimentalization and is, for all intesive purposes, lying to us as well. The lies are like bacteria, under the right circumstance they can mutate into somthing far more destructive that their humble orgins. The lies of the media influtrate everyday arguments in the form of prepackaged arguments with little or no thought about what exactly the argument is. The truth is pure, and any distortion of the truth is a lie. Lies have many wepons, and the truth has few. Dispite what you may have heard, a truth and a lie is black and white.

So what is the meaning of, “Virus: Something that poisons one’s soul or mind?” Sometimes we need to use poison to eradicate the cancer that is left behind by the lies that relentlesly bombard our minds.

alternate title: (where has all the journalism gone?)

I am going to start with the bold statement, “journalism is dead, and the free press killed it.” I can’t help but wonder if a journalistic association is going to jump all over this statement, which I plan to use often, and seek a retraction and demand an apology. This will only serve to further prove my point. A true journalist would look at this statement, examine the argument I am about to make, and will continue to make until journalistic integrity is restored. Once this is done, then I will have no problem revising the statement. If the repairs are met, and the statement is revised, then there is no need for me to apologize. For if an apology is still sought, then the problem was really never fixed.

How can I say journalism is dead? One only needs to read an article written from the Associated Press (AP) for an answer, or listen to any news radio’s “special report,” or listen or read the analysis given by once reputable news agencies such as CNN. When 24 hour news channels first started one could pull a good hour out of it and be left satisfied, then it was 30 minutes, then 15 minutes. However, as the stations went around the world faster and faster, we are currently left with nothing that would pass for news 10 years ago. We have sadly come to the state where these channels programs are an unfunny post 9/11 adaptation of Dennis Miller’s take on the news from Saturday Night Live in the 80’s. There is little doubt left in my mind who Mr. Reilly’s really journalistic heroes were, or rather, still are. An in-depth analysis now seems to be a repeat of the reporters’ incompetent peers. I used to think that there was a puppet master behind the scenes feeding analysis to the reporters across the industry, a vast conspiracy to reshape our perception of the world by manipulating our prime ideal. Now I am more inclined to think that the news we are given today resemble more the effect of pointing two mirrors at each other than some grand conspiracy. I would have preferred the conspiracy, because that would be a sign of intelligence, and where there is intelligence then there is something that can be reasoned with. Unfortunately, after watching any morning show on any channel, you will have the sinking notion that we are dealing with the intelligence of a reflection. To further compound the problem, what we are dealing with has the reasoning, analytic skills, and concern for the state of being as a reflection.

As time goes on I will post more examples of this general incompetence in reporting and the face we call modern journalism. Please, do not mention the Daily Show or the Colbert Report, I feel no need to insult them or what they do by labeling them journalists or a news show. I hope one day the terms for journalism and news programs will be rehabilitated enough to be honored by using them as labels for the last hour on television devoted to making sense of this all. Until then I can only help by calling attention to the scam we know as the press corp. I intend to make the concept of “free press” to be more about freedom than worth.