A preacher once told his congregation, ” You can pretty much count on the fact that what’s happening is not always what’s going on!” This is really true when it comes to politics and the News Media. We have heard many accusations being thrown at the media for broadcasting fake news. With news that continues twenty-four hours a day everything gets turned into news. Today, President Trump’s Twitter account was shut down for eleven minutes by an exiting employee. It made the evening news! What more can I say!
Smoke Screens
Politics
A circus of smoke and mirrors
Half-truths polished and shiny
Stretching every word out of context
Smoke screens of the insignificant
Always hiding reality
Behind a cover of lies
Showing only fragments
Promising pots of gold
At the end of the rainbow
False hope in a holey bucket
Filled with wishes and fantasies
Pouring steadily out the bottom
Mirrors in a TV funhouse of fright
Giving only distorted views fake news
Twisting everything out of proportion
Don’t believe the hype
Look beyond the smoke and mirrors
Dig out the shreds of truth
Always remember
What you see is not what you will get
And what’s happening is not
What’s going on
Photo: Dwight L. Roth
Since Trump tweets policy and just about everything that frustrates him, having his account turned off is news. It’s just to bad that…
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Maybe so… Thanks for reading!
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Sorry, but there’s no maybe about it. Trump tweets. That makes what he tweets news. He says that t connects him to his base…
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ain’t it the bloody truth! Great poem Dwight 😉
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It is true, but not only for politics 🗣☹️
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Yes, this is true in many areas of life!
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Great poem!
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Thanks!
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