I find myself hungry
despite the glut
of news on offer
authenticity lacking
in a race for TRPs and
pleasing political bosses
I am bombarded
from all sides by the social media
updating me about
the entire universe’s shenanigans
I suffer a meltdown
when all I see around
is hatred, untruth and deceit.
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The sad news is that it just seems to be getting worse.
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Totally agree with you!
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It is a dark time.
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It sure is!
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So true and well articulated.
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Thanks Kathy.
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Ah, so sad such sad news.
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It sure is … sifting through news to find nuggets of truth!
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And there…anything but.
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True…
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Know not, what and how are the days awaiting us Punam.. so so aptly put..!!
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I know! Such uncertain times! Thanks, my dear.
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🙂🤗
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Wonderful use of prompts.
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Thanks a lot, Sadje.
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A pleasure Punam
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The truth is a big part of the audience also subscribes to a specific brand of news. They choose to feed themselves things they want to hear.
However, I believe we are getting smarter and more perceptive of different narratives. I believe we are moving beyond noisy, meaningless debates and hate news media which only sees the world in black and white.
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I wish I could agree with you, Satyen. The onslaught of information from all sides has benumbed our discernment and we believe the most persistent narrative.
Thanks for reading.
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I do agree with you – I have stopped watching news
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One doesn’t know what to believe! Thanks, Shantanu.
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My absolute pleasure
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I find myself clicking on it too and I wonder why I do it – I know it is wrong and just marketing to those that want something like that fakeness to believe in and then I get angry too. Great poem!
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First of all I must apologise for the delay in response. I fished out your comment from the spam today!! Thank you so much, Robyn. I guess we are guilty of doing it even though we know it is wrong.
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The state of the world and it is both sad and terrifying. Love your take on this ❤️❤️
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Thank you so much, my dear. ❤️❤️
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I remembered back in my country when the Senate conductes an investigation/probe over the proliferation of fake news in our country affecting mostlt the credibility of our goverment leaders..imagine such a waste of money (senators, et. at have additional pay for special hearings like this)
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Indeed Mich! What a waste of time and money! Sad times …
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an uncomfortable truth … I only read online headlines, think I’d need anti-depressants if I ever read/watched the news 😦
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Too much of negativity and agenda driven content! 😟
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= propaganda!
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Exactly!
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Sad times of journalism losing its credibility………
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It is Sakshi…one doesn’t know whom and what to believe….
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True that
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I only partake what my Google feeds, which creates the image of a world that is all about things I am interested in
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You think you are seeing what you want but actually Google decides what you see!!
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yeah I have become a willing guinea pig 😀
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Lol! I didn’t say anything, you said it! 😂
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You seem more delighted than Google ever was
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Haha! It is not everyday that I get a chance to get a highly evolved human being call himself names willingly! That too twice over!! 😂😂
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happens everyday to people around me, I never figured out why
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Keep guessing! Lol
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Watching series of unfortunate events, EP 1 featuring a complementary pile of rocks
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Should I duck for cover?
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😂😂
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😂😂
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I know, it gets worse and worse!
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It sure does and it is very alarming!
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Today is bad and tommorow is gonna be worse💔
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I know! 😥
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Even sadder is the thought it is not going to get any better
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Indeed, Andrew! That’s the tragedy.
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I find myself hungry
despite the glut
of news on offer
these 3 lines have so much power and clarity, fake news incites hatred and provokes humans to be so unreasonable. i tend to stay away from news reports, call me uninformed but i rather be ignorant, it is bliss. this poem is one of my favourites from you now
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I too have weaned myself away from the news because fake news has proliferated everywhere!
Aww! Thank you so much, my dear.
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always a pleasure to read your poetry Punam
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That’s right, fake news is a menace. It is leading to hatred, flawed opinions and what not. In my article I try to explain why does it spread so fast. https://worldofreference.wordpress.com/2019/08/18/how-does-fake-news-spread/
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Thank you. Will surely read your post.
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