Walid Phares is correct

[LeilaniMP]

"The shame of US media: Over-covering the Zimmerman trial while Egypt and Syria are burning...and America under threat

The way most US media is over-covering one criminal case, known as the Zimmerman case, is a shame, while Egypt and Syria are in flames, and US national security jeopardized across the world. Historians will conclude one day that the American public was "processed" by its own elite in a manner similar to the citizens of Rome watching games organized by Caesar while the empire was burning..."

 

[BobbyT]

"The shame of US media: Over-covering the Zimmerman trial while Egypt and Syria are burning...and America under threat

The way most US media is over-covering one criminal case, known as the Zimmerman case, is a shame, while Egypt and Syria are in flames, and US national security jeopardized across the world. Historians will conclude one day that the American public was "processed" by its own elite in a manner similar to the citizens of Rome watching games organized by Caesar while the empire was burning..."

Yes, because what people choose to watch on tv is the same as foreign policy. Good grief. The US mainstream media stopped being a watchdog over US politicians at exactly the moment that corporate media had to answer to advertisers. It's naïve to think that the media covers anything other than that which pays the bills. If you want real news, you don't watch mainstream media. If you think that what the corporate media covers is the same as what the administration is concerned about, you're sadly misinformed (probably because you watch corporate media).