Television rules the nation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNzyrvq08ok

There are two great parts in this video. The first scene with the reporter and about half way through when the model "gets her face put on." I keep thinking about this song by Daft Punk and the video and how TV distracts and distorts us from the truth. Unfortunately when most people think of journalism, they think of the nightly local news. Even my parents still watch the news, and I yell at them every time I come home and catch them doing it. They, like everyone else, watch it for entertainment. It is like watching CSI or any other action/crime show during prime time, but people see the news and believe that what is shown is important and IS an issue. We're distracted by car crashes and local bake sales while we're kept in a state of fear by murderers escaped from jail and "terrorists" filling postage with anthrax. My favorite part about Good Night and Good Luck was Murrow's opening speech about television being the opiate of the masses.