Monday, November 07, 2005

It's the Bias that Beats me

Why? Why is it that I can't turn on the TV without being subjected to someone's political viewpoint? I'm not talking about CSPAN either, I could understand that. I've grown accustomed to the idea that if you're liberal you watch CNN and if you're conservative you watch FOX News, but I refuse to have to turn on my bias filter to watch cartoons. I'm a grown man, and yes, I'll watch some cartoons every once in a while (nothing wrong with some Simpsons or Sealab 2021), but last night while flipping through the channels I ran across a show called "The Boondocks". It's a series based on a comic strip that some may view as controversial. Basically the entire show dealt with the characters problems with rich white people, the Iraq war, and various other social-political issues. Judging by the way it's being promoted, it's supposed to be shocking. They even mentioned something to the effect of "If you don't like it watch the Andy Griffith Show" or something. I wasn't shocked, wasn't phased in the least bit by it's baseless accusations and ignorant arguments, but I was mentally beaten by the end of it. It was like watching a car accident, you don't want to watch, but you can't turn away. By the end of the show I couldn't fathom how someone could actually pitch a show like this and have it air. I am so freakin tired of all the bias. You can't watch the news without it, you can't watch a sitcom without it, and now you can't even watch cartoons without it. If things continue on this path, children of the future will be so indoctrinated by this horse crap they won't know which way is up. If I want to hear political discourse I'll tune into a CSPAN, not Comedy Central or Cartoon Network. I understand and appreciate the first amendment, everyone can say anything they like...Ignorant or not...but it's generally the people who scream "IT'S MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT!" who are the people you need to ignore. I'm no conspiracy theorist, at least I don't think I am, but all of this bias has to be attributed to someone. Whoever it is, they're intelligent. Selling political agendas as entertainment is a tricky business, and they're working it down to a fine art. All the more reason to tune out...make you're own decisions (if that's possible anymore). As for me, I'm going to stick to watching the spanish station Univision, if I can't understand them, they can't subconsciously sell me on something.