Tabloid Blogging: “Out of Context” Rampant, Provides Political Cash

Yes, anything can be taken out of context–even the Bible–then twisted to mean something different.  Political spinsters make a living by hoodwinking the gullible on television.  One local “news” spot made the German “Immortals” marching for ethnic “identity” come across as a neo-Nazi demonstration.

     Rumor and innuendo are real facts to drive-by people who are attracted to strong opinions that are never checked.  What fast food is tops for “extreme” taste?

      Tabloid bloggers in every country are, at this very moment, trying to make the National Enquirer work in the political arena.  I’m in a longer line at the supermarket.  Did Putin really “rape” Hillary Clinton recently as one headline suggested?  No, but the thought might stick in the mind, sell an extra copy, garner an extra vote, or sell an ad space.

      To be sure, every vote counts when the race is close.  Who cares if they were bought outright by a wealthy person or dishonestly obtained by a tabloid blogger attempting to transfer a few more dollars from big-time politicians in the throes of a campaign.

         Many political bloggers can be found behind grimy computer screens luridly illuminating dark basements in the hopes of attracting more idle-moment hits, desperate campaign dollars, and–if the jackpot comes–a staff spot somewhere in an incumbent’s political machine.

      Unfortunately, modern politics isn’t about what the informed citizen might have divined in colonial America, but about dishonest mudslinging and tangential, out-of-context assassination Twinkies that make a mockery of democracy.  Tabloid blogging seems here to stay.