About Protesting...

So yesterday I attended a work event. It was a protest against Fox News Network. I went because, well, they expect you to attend a certain amount of outside activities and I NEVER go. And I like to yell. And I hate Fox News. However, despite those things, I do not understand the purpose of protesting Fox News.

See, everyone knows that news stations are owned by corporations with vested political interests. Thus, the news is never purely factual, but always has a slant. Fox News slants right. They do lie about many things. They do wrongfully fire their employees for wanting to tell the truth about instances they'd rather ignore. But they are a corporation and thats what corporations do. The best protest would simply be to stop watching them. If enough people did that, they would go off the air. Very simple. But many people LIKE Fox News. Because many people slant right. Is that a problem? Not to me.

There are lots of things WORTH protesting. But I think one of the most important things about a protest is to educate the public about a company to encourage a boycott. Like EXXON. Protest Exxon all day long!! I was amazed when the people at work told me how evil they are. I will never again buy Exxon gas. But everyone knows Fox News has a conservative bias. Everyone knows they chose not to air President Obama's speech in April. If you care, you stopped watching them. If you don't, you watch them.

I think people who get their news from a tv station are idiots, anyways, because they ALL slant. I get my news from the Daily News newspaper (which presents fact-based journalism and opinion based articles that cover EVERYONE's views), and from Jon Stewart (leaning left) and Stephen Colbert (leaning right). I consider myself extremely well informed. Quiz me. Seriously.

You need to find a news source (even if it is a COMEDY based news source like the Onion or Jon and Stephen) that presents a fair and balanced view of the world. Respect yourself enough to examine every side of every issue rather than conforming to the opinion being fed to you.