Hustler' a Congress

On Wednesday Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler, and Joe Francis, CEO of Girls Gone Wild, said that they will ask Congress for a 5 Billion dollar bailout for the Porn Industry. Now some of you will see this as utter shamelessness by people that you might think have no shame to begin with because of their occupation. I assure you that as ridiculous as this is, it is not as rediculous as what the Banking and Auto industry did.

It seems that we only become interested in something if the news covers it extensively, and we only become outraged if the news asks that of us. So after the media covered the Banking Industry bailout negotiations and decision from every possible angle, CNN was outraged, MSNBC was outraged, FOXNEWS (well they are always outraged) and finally CNN started the "top ten to blame" special. Two months ago, if you asked any American about the amount of the bailout, they would tell you 700 Billion dollars. But how many Americans know how the bailout was supposed to be spent, or perhaps more importantly how the bailout is being spent?

How many Americans asked if Congress has given the money it allocated to the Banking Industry?
How many Americans asked what the Banking Industry did with the money it received?
How many Americans asked about what this means to the country in general or them specifically?

Do NOT blame the media. The media is a business, and it is in their best interest to broadcast news that people will watch. If the media felt that Americans want to hear the details about the largest banking deal in history that their government made which sways the American econonmy closer and closer towards the socialists side then the media will cover it. Jerry Springer does not air because the media has no moral standard, it airs because a significant number of the population enjoys watching it.

When are we, as Americans, going to start taking interest in what matters rather than what is interesting. We have been mutated into a population of severe ADD and most of the time we do not even deny it. I understand that it is human nature to enjoy short, funny and interesting programs but sometimes people must do what is necessary rather than what is enjoyable. More people watch the weather and sports than those who watch the news, so in order to survive news is made to be more interesting and enjoyable. In essence we forced the media to manufacture interesting angles to the good old boring news.

We do not want to see problems, issues, depressing news...We want to see Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Brad Pitt and the media has been more than happy to oblige.