Obama's wandering eye

A picture is worth a thousand words so goes the saying. In news and definitely in cheeky blogs pictures can be used to cast a bad light on virtually anyone. I have done it and so have friends. We use them to cast our own opinion on someone we may dislike or simply not agree with. For a blogger they can be a great source of material but we do not pretend to be a legit news site but rather one of humor or activism. The Drudge report is not a legit news site as we know and is not held accopuntable for his words. A simple headline becomes his editorial comment and than provides a handy link to the story that is totally off his site. Rememeber when nose picking pictures were all the rage. Now we have the wardrobe malfunction, wandering eyes, and facial expressions of horror or disgust, as if this image is a factor in deciding a persons charachter, let alone a national policy. Like our trade realtions internationally, so is news. It is globally interconnected and one persons joke becomes serious news to another. Yes, I looked and dismissed it as dumb. A moment in time caught that means nothing, but Drudge decided to use it as his head line with an obvious mocking attempt and news sites around the world have picked it up as "Real News". Drudge definitely has some watchers whether you like him or not, but I still place more weight on proper information sites as they attempt(I mean attempt only) to provide an unbias view of the world. A Cross section of material makes up my reading from liberal to conservative to find a way to bring myself a balanced view of events. I feel I am able to discern for myself and hope the public can about what is real and what is lips flapping for sensationaism. Not withstanding "Fox News Bias", most news organizations on TV and print do try. Trouble is many do take it too serious and actually form opinions on the unsupported crap out there. Recently I read about the rise in online fraud and was surprised to see the old con game half known as the "Prisoner of Spain" still catching about 10 Canadians a month. Are they stupid? Gulliable? People still exist that beleive everything that is fed to them regardless of source. The majority of us thank God still try to discern for ourselves the reliablity of any given peice of information and what it means to us. Saddly the majority actually fall for this information manipulation without ever knowing it. Reading trusted sites we catch ourselves beleiving the unbeleivable. Buying into things we would never consider noramlly. Whole industries have been born to manipulate you through news, political soundbites and most noteably through commercial selling tactics. Fear and hate mongering is one of Americas greatest tools to affect change and you may be surprised at its success. At the end of day, what you see and hear should always be given a pause to consider. Think about what it really means to you and why you should even care.