Bad Cops

     Let me tell you how the mainstream media works. They sell stories to the public. Time was when the important stories got coverage, but somewhere down the line the news services realized that a simple Ben Franklin list of the stories of the day just wouldn't work. People weren't watching Walter Cronkite anymore,  but they WERE buying the National Enquirer, even knowing all along that it was nothing but fabricated lies. 

     We watch documentaries that are lies. We buy rag newspapers that are lies. We go to wrestling matches that are lies, and we hang on the latest stream spewing out of the main stream media that are nothing but clever lies! So it is with the latest rash of "bad cop" stories. Do the math. With the thousands upon thousands of police officers on duty in this country today, and with all the cell phones in use, how many bad cops have you seen? Ten, twenty, fifty? Just do the math. But when a video surfaces of a cop slapping a woman down, or saying a dirty word it shoots to the top of the list because it SELLS! 

     Obama signs a deal to allow Iran to bomb Israel at leisure, but some cop slamming a drunk onto the sidewalk gets top billing! Cancer researchers release data confirming that marijuana has a profound effect on brain cancer, but you can't find the story because it's buried under a story about a cop shooting a guy who was bull rushing him.  Bad cop is "in fashion" right now. The news media knows that story sells. Vets dying for lack of treatment doesn't! 

     The news media is not news, it is entertainment. It's that simple. Sure, if a cop breaks the law it needs to be addressed, but ask yourself; who will address it? We need honest police officers who know if they do the right thing the public will be behind them. They have a never ending, thankless job, and most do it day after day with no reward, no pat on the back, not even a free cup of coffee on a midnight shift.  

     You will never change the way the media portrays things. They follow that dollar. You can change how you perceive things. At Luby's, when the killer was methodically working from table to table, the people there were damn glad when that one cop showed up!