b83 (1/30/2019): sugar frosted quakes

sugar frosted quakes  ^[1]
by q. waking
 
frost-quakes in the morning
frost-quake-shake (at noon)
frost-quakes in the evening as we toast the sugar moon
 
we can dream up headlines from the moment that we wake
bomb-o-genesis with fire-nado, frosted quakes
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·        because in order to get us to tune in, ‘news’ makers are twirling their moustaches, hatching new words and phrases that might horrify, magnify, signify, or dignify – so long as they get us to click on the bait.
o   frost-quakes
o   bombogenesis
o   thunder snow
o   fire-nado
o   bomb cyclone
o   category 5
o   snowpocolypse
o   polar vortex
o   flash freeze
o   superstorm

…and on and on… ad nauseum.
 
·        one more time: they.do.not.care.about.reality.  they (literally) make their living -- by getting you to tune-in, turn-on, and click.
 
·        they might even get close to the truth (well… at times) -- which would be a bi-fecta.
 
·        even so, the main priority is the click.  the ad.  the sale.  the attention.
 
·        if there isn’t a train wreck, the very job of the media is to create one.
 
·        heck, maybe the train wreck was due to the frost quake, after all.
 

when i was a kid, the weather-guy would say something like (uh) “it might snow.”  nowadays… “several million people could be affected by catastrophic, blizzard-like conditions!”

 

--------------------news (unworthy)--------------------------

 
they might even despise the man – but they will aid his campaign (and his agenda) by keeping his name in the news… just... because… it… sells… ads.
 
they might even harbor a true fear of gun-un-control – but they will publicize the killer (and his agenda), they’ll give him spotlight: fame.  just... because… it… sells… ads.
 
their job is not to "report".  it is (simply) to make $$$$$.
 
-the end
 
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[1] martino, j. (1.30-1.19). sugar frosted quakes.book 83: the back 9.  © 2019 by joal martino.