THE CORRUPTION IN AMERICAN MEDIA

Nothing is more powerful than an idea that has come of age, it cannot be stopped. It is guided by the toughest of shields; such shields are guided by steady hands of truth. It lights up the way for whoever chooses to follow it; in the shadows, it provides the spirit to guide its people; a people who hold unsheathed swords ready to defend the truth.

Being born in a small country such as Kenya affords you a very good perspective of the world. Your perspective is less clouded by the belief that you know better. You learn to accept situations as they are and not how they present themselves to be.

Time and time again, history has proven that the greatest of all have the tendency to fall from within. They succumb to the corruption of the mind and presently, this corruption is sold in American media. It is the kind of corruption that American cigarette companies sold in the 1960s in the media by depicting smoking as a sophisticated culture; one that helped men become sporty and helped women slim, well…it led to rise of lung cancer deaths and it has never changed. This is the kind of effect that absolute power possesses, it corrupts the mind and great nations start having singular perspectives. Even when the king is naked, the subjects still grace the king with flatter; on how beautiful his ugly physic is.

If you did not believe in brain washing as a scientific method, well believe me. If you constantly watch certain news networks that express certain views, you are bound to get corrupted. It is this kind of corruption that fuels candidates such as Donald Trump. Sitting in our living room, watching American news channels, I am but amazed at the corruption that is sold on TV. A presidential candidate is evaluated based on the opinions of certain media houses. They are the convincing power that tells the masses what they should believe in.

I have listened keenly to the different presidential candidates and it amazes me that Trump will say A against a certain group and when the alarm is raised, he simply steps to any microphone and claims he meant B. what is amazing is that people still listen to the poor guy. One has got to be absolutely crazy to believe that trump is presidential material. The character of men is not judged based on talking points. When your hand is strapped to a nuclear switch, you cannot afford to play poker with world affairs and emotions. The America that emerged after The Cold War is very different.

Electing a president like trump would cast a dark shadow that America would not be able to come out of. It would be the fall of a great nation.

Just like the Romans the future would one day just read on their contribution to the world. It is true that Americans are very good within themselves but as power is converged at the top, corrupted thoughts breed. Throughout the history of the world, great nations were sustained by people seeking a better life in another part of the world. When this balance of power is upset, people seek elsewhere. It is a seed that is sown out of pride.

In such times; as the gods quarrel within themselves at the dinner table and they accidentally strike the earth with lightening, the earth and her children thunder right back. Such is power and America should not fall to such corruption.

When the rich have got too rich and they no longer feel the lure of money, they look for political power and when they want to asphyxiate certain people, they project their fears on the minorities.  They start blaming their problems on other people and by doing so they demonize them and soon tensions rise and innocent children, young men, wives, husbands and police die. That is what has been happening. But the media fuels trump.

In the dawn of justice, truth speaks for itself and the cocking of guns at corners signifies a problem. When people hold onto primitive gun cultures that are fueled by multinationals; then corruption is unearthed. From whatever dark hole it wasin; it is lifted by truth and even as the giant of an insect wriggles, with its sharp claws and spewing guts, it cannot beat truth… Unlike America the Kenyan media does not take sides and that affords us a neutral perspective.I just wonder at what point the American public gets to make their own decisions, if everything that is reported has a sugar coating.

I first thought about it during the Obama visit to Kenya, and as I switched on the TV and flicked through channels I stuck to CNN. They had the audacity to claim that Kenya is “a hotbed of terror.” It was infuriating at the same time laughable. It was like waking up in the morning to find your face on the morning newspaper. Kenyans on twitter exploded in fury as they called for CNN’s blood, to cut the long story short …We forced the CNN global executive boss to come to a middle income country and apologize to the state; the Truth requires no martyrs it speaks for itself at the appropriate time.I have not known a more peaceful and warm home than Kenya. But as they come to Africa they report only the worst of things, hungry children, the best of the worst of slums… it is the American way.

The closing of borders for migrants can never happen, it cannot succeed and change has never been stopped. It will forge forward at whatever pace but it cannot be stopped. It is laid in the foundations of America and breaking them only breaks the Nation. The truth does not have to be sweet and palatable.

Antony mwangi.