When The News ” Becomes The News ” ?

I’m tellin’ ya folks, I have been so busy watching and reading the news, that I have been a real slacker when it comes down to blogging about it ! I mean, where to start when there are so many simultaneous events ? It’s pretty difficult to prioritize when things of major importance are popping all over the globe !
The Mainstream Media are totally focused on the Black Hole that is Iran. By “Black Hole” I mean a huge void in what we know, and can learn, about events ‘on-the-ground’ in the wake of this phony election, or about the Mullah’s attempts to cover-up their violent backlash.

Even the lack of news is Major News, because usually when events are blazing in the Middle-East, (or Anywhere else), there is at least one Western Nation who’s reporters or correspondents are allowed some access to the arena, be it a theater of War, Natural Disaster, an anti-establishment movement, whatever.

The Major headlines, or hooks, about the loss of life, oppressive tactics by government controlled vigilante groups, etc, are all about this first ever event that is being reported in the main through the “Social Networking Sites” such as Facebook, Twitter, Utube, along with CNN’s Viewer’s “iReports”. Those unique resources, it’s strengths and weaknesses is being discussed more than the actual tragic events being reported !

As a long-time blogger, I can’t deny that I’m finding these electronic resources fascinating. Although I would like to be able to spend more time getting information about North Korea, Pakistan, or even the tragic D.C. Train Wreck, I can’t stop watching the train-wreck that is our struggle to gain a coherent view of the Iranian situation through these new outlets. Right now, I’ve got some other work to do on my other neglected Blogs, But, I will be back tomorrow with some updates on the Pakistan / Afghanistan situation, the latest idiocy from Kim jung Il, and his wacky brother, Menta Li Ill.
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