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Fend for yourself, you're the only one you can fully trust....sometimes

 

I'M Media

I'm Media
By Franklin Price
8/18/2016

I'm media,  must be on top
To tell whole truths would be a flop
If not exciting, ratings drop
And advertising bucks would stop

I use this sequence to begin
Find out the facts and put on spin
Your loyalty and faith to win
So ratings never drop again

To be on top and cash receive
Make small adjustments you'll believe
Takes little practice to deceive
The bare bones truth would make you grieve

What is it that you want to hear?
What kind of words to fall on ear?
Ones of comfort or of fear?
It's all for ratings, is that quite clear?

A lie discovered, I can retract
If written down, I can redact
A truth I say is only fact
If I did that how would you act?

Went to the Hill learned from the best
The home of spin its place to nest
To think of self before the rest
You find the truth, there'll be a test
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Gupta Avatar
August 18, 2016 at 7:19 AM
The truth expressed so nicely through a poem ... And we live addicted to this very media world ...
Price Avatar
August 18, 2016 at 11:43 AM
So glad you appreciate it. It's a shame that it is what it is....money, money, money. To hell with integrity.
Kent Avatar
August 18, 2016 at 6:20 AM
Nicely said and full of fact.
Price Avatar
August 18, 2016 at 11:44 AM
So glad you appreciate it. It's a shame that it is what it is....money, money, money. To hell with integrity.
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