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The media is the enemy
Guest View Armond Simmons Special to The Augusta Free Press
In selecting Time's "Person of the Year," editors are asked to choose the person or thing that had the greatest impact on the news, for good or ill. In selecting "a newsworthy - not necessarily praiseworthy - cover subject," these editors continue to fail to see the forest for the trees. The continually overlooked candidate is one that has obviously had the greatest impact on the news for ill since World War II and one that easily equals past controversial culprits as Hitler, Stalin, Khomeini and Khrushchev. Sadly, this infamous candidate is the antithesis of the highly respected 2003 Person of the Year, "The American Soldier." This Time Person (Culprit) of the Year and shoo-in candidate for Time Person (Culprit) of the Century is none other than our own U.S. national media. Clearly competitive with the evil of Hitler, Stalin, Khomeini and Khrushchev, our national media strategically deployed its resources as weapons allied against the United States, aiding in its defeat by the North Vietnamese. Today, the media is allied with terrorist forces, aiding and abetting their export of fear and terrorism to the U.S. citizenry 24/7; the ultimate strategic weapon without which the enemy could not survive. Will the media ever fathom that "We have met the Person of the Year, and he is us"?
Armond Simmons resides in Pell City, Ala.
The views expressed by op-ed writers do not necessarily reflect those of management of The Augusta Free Press.
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