Yesterday I read of a conversation our dear President, Mr
Jacob Zuma, had with some journalist students. He was reported to have
complained about how fascinated he was with Mexico and how they didn’t have any
negative news and that he was sad to return to South Africa and its constant
negative media… σ_σ
This led to another
article on how; due to our president’s ‘good-news philosophy’, certain things
are being neglected, such as how crime statistics were given way after they
were needed.
Really Mr President…?
Are you messing with us or is this for realz?
Look, I couldn’t
give a stick of gum if the man can read or not [though it would help improve
his fiduciary duties…] but so long as you’re running the country properly and
shaping it for future generations […something I think you need some help with
btw @_@] I can tolerate it. But if you are going to play ignorant to what is so
blatantly obvious in Mexico and then try and implement the same thing over
here. Then you need to take a long, secluded vacation… elsewhere, or maybe take
some leave and go visit Mexico for a while. I am sure then you will learn that
what you don’t know CAN kill you, more often than not.
Hey, I understand
that it’s sad reading negative news almost all the time and wondering if
anything good ever happens anymore. It’s partially why I stopped bothering with
media for a long time.
But trying to
enforce this ‘good-news philosophy’, where all that’s happening is you higher
ups forcing journalists [some who don’t even take much convincing anymore -_-]
and basically wiping all the crap under a rug and trying to distract anyone
looking with all the pretty patterns lining the rug.
Do you really think the
people would stand for that? You honestly cannot tell me you have forgotten who
it is that pays for all the sparkles and speed you VIPs like to ‘hide’?
It seems to me that all that was discovered in
Mexico was how well to run a system so you don’t get caught and shut the
complaining workers up. After all, they’re just the funding, there’s no need
for their feelings and opinions •_•
I’m not saying
positive news […the true stuff…] isn’t a bad thing. My day has been
turned for the better more than once because of it, but the appreciation of
positive cannot exist without knowing the extent of the negative.
Admittedly SA’s
negative isn’t exactly one we should be proud of, but I don’t feel the
government or its body are in a place to complain on that. Don’t complain about
a stomach-ache and continue to eat the cake!
Point is, as
negative as it’s going to be, we [The People] are owed the Actual news, it is
ours to be given. Why? You might ask, simple. We pay for the running of a
country, therefore we’d like the progress report, which just so happens to be
the news [>>_>>well, the uncontrolled ones…<<_<<].
Denying us that progress report gives us the right to withhold funds.
Now you wouldn’t
like that, would you?
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