Rebalancing Freedom of Speech in the Media

This was sent to a media mogul as I felt inspired to communicate with him.

There is an amusing quote by Sir Boyle Roche (1736-1807) who states:

“We should silence anyone who opposes freedom of speech”.

I did laugh when I read that. Suddenly they would be saying I have the right to freedom of speech, but there is no hesitation to create smear campaigns to destroy reputations. We have much to learn about real democracy and respect for diversity of opinions.

In the future we will be reporting what is of value to society and in return society will value itself.

FAIR AND BALANCED TRUTH

What is the value of society?

What is the value of truth?

Is society a stock market?

To round up,

To rally,

To corral,

For the sheep are fearful of the cattle dog,

The cattle dog knows where to bite,

As it runs from left to right,

Causing confusion and panic,

To ensure compliance with the stock man,

Who views sheep as commodities,

To be bought and sold,

A stock exchange,

Bidding values down to the lowest price.

The news media no longer serves the national interest,

For the pundits have played too many hands,

As sleight of hand is the magician,

Fragments of truth appear then disappear,

For the fox is clever at optical illusions,

To create deliberate impressions,

As sands through an hour glass,

On the hour to make you alert,

As each impression lives only for the moment,

Another beta wave from the ocean of discontent washes real conviction away.

What is in the national interest?

An ecological footprint of permanent sustainability?

Stabilised by fairness and balance?

Yet is fairness balanced with truth or projection?

Or is paid opinion the politics of influence?

As truth is a barrier to entry for power plays,

That role plays leadership,

That role plays security,

Masking sincerity with scripted scriptures,

Of good versus evil,

Us against them,

Yet what if they are you?

And zero tolerance dismantles corporate greed,

For greed is not good for the next generation,

As the finger of blame points to another as wrong,

Yet three fingers point back at the accuser in truth.

The abuser of power never reflects on his shadow,

For a good story can always justify actions that harm others,

Yet the emperor has no clothes as we see,

As the media spins out of ethical control,

Talking heads are a dime a dozen,

As the old world order becomes a chaos theory creating its own war on terror,

Repeating the same mantra infinitem,

Each item a message for the day,

Designed not to inspire the quest for truth,

But to unravel freedom of thought,

To muffle diversity and difference,

For the White Australia policy lives,

And the national anthem is a US royalty,

For rights can be bought and sold with impunity,

In the Hobbesian world view of tooth and claw,

As the impurity of the darkened heart views the world as a chessboard for personal control,

The only objective is to win,

Not to be objective,

For the media magnate has no principles or ethic,

He stands alone in the tower of power surrounded by smiling masks,

For the politician can never reveal his true face,

As subterfuge is the secret seal on power.

My friend I value your freedom of expression,

I value your human rights and right to be human,

Yet I do not give permission for my view to be influenced by your innuendo,

I do not want the world to be run by commandos in suits,

I do not want fairness and balance to be distorted for personal or corporate gain,

For the party is over,

Each grain of sand leaves an imprint on his-tory,

Each distortion of truth warps the world view,

And the fear you circulate creates the reality 2/3 of humanity experience,

And this is not a legacy of greatness nor success,

It is a crime against your humanity,

For you have failed to see humanity is free.

True power seeks no power,

True security walks alone without protection,

True independence has no minder,

True happiness needs no wife,

For the rich and famous are imprisoned,

And if money was not a poor surrogate,

You would find your inner wealth,

And perhaps this is the missing link right now,

As one keeps busy with illusions of self-importance,

For it is only the truth that sets you free,

To be truly yourself,

And the truth of who you are,

Is exactly the same for me,

To decide – we have a universal right to the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth,

For the scales of justice is balanced impartiality,

When truth becomes the prophet of a new life,

Democracy will share power equally,

And your freedom will see yourself in the other,

As real power gives it all away.