Mainstream pitchmen in the tank
promoting favored party's plank
promising its hope and change
freedoms will not rearrange
Broadcast buzzes through the Land
with deft deception slight of hand
blindly hawking grand succession
sound bites guiding the election
Fair and balanced is at stake
with TV anchors on the take
unfolding right before our eyes
in 'apple pie and Mom' disguise
Author Notes:
I'm venting about the mainstream media, in general, though the focus in this poem has leaned toward the medium of television broadcast news. This tendency of the mainstream media (which they are finally admitting, concerning this election, anyway) has been going on for quite a while (in my humble opinion) and my frustration has bubbled over. So, I thought I would use the quatrain format to express my feelings.
promoting favored party's plank
promising its hope and change
freedoms will not rearrange
Broadcast buzzes through the Land
with deft deception slight of hand
blindly hawking grand succession
sound bites guiding the election
Fair and balanced is at stake
with TV anchors on the take
unfolding right before our eyes
in 'apple pie and Mom' disguise
Author Notes:
I'm venting about the mainstream media, in general, though the focus in this poem has leaned toward the medium of television broadcast news. This tendency of the mainstream media (which they are finally admitting, concerning this election, anyway) has been going on for quite a while (in my humble opinion) and my frustration has bubbled over. So, I thought I would use the quatrain format to express my feelings.
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