Alice akabuda mugomba renhau. Airatidza kuzununguswa zvakanyanya. "Ndaifunga kuti Wonderland yaida kuziva chokwadi," akadaro, "asi Medialand yakatonyanya kushamisa."
Vachipindura chitarisiko changu chemibvunzo, vakakurumidza kuwedzera kuti: โUsazvinetse, ndakagara kure negonye rinoputa hookah, bhodhoro re'Ndinwe' nekeke re'Ndidye'. Ini handina kutaura nekadhi rekutamba, dormouse kana turtle yekuseka. Ndaingoona hangu.โ
Kuoneka kwaAlice mumafuro ezuva kwakandipa zano. Akanga asisiri musikana, akanga ava mukadzi ane njere. "Hezvo," ndakadaro, ndichibudisa laptop kubva mubhegi rangu, "ndokumbira unyore nezvezvauchangosangana nazvo." Uye asati aramba, ndakatiza.
Maawa ekudzokera gare gare, ndakawana aya mazwi:
Ah mudiwa, kutanga sei? The Hatter naMarch Hare hazvaigona kuenderana nerunacy yandakaona muMedialand. Ndakanzwa nezve vanhu vanorarama ne treacle, asi iyo iripo media yekudya yatonyanya kushata. Ndine hafu pfungwa yekunyora nhetembo: โVaWalrus neMutori wenhau vakashamisika kuti vanga varipi. / Vakachema sechinhu chero chipi zvacho kuti vaone kuwanda kwakadai ... "
Wakanga uri Chishanu (Kubvumbi 12) apo mauto muVenezuela akasundira kunze mutungamiri wenyika. NeMugovera, musoro wepamusoro weNew York Times wepeji yekumberi waiti "Mukuru weVenezuela Anomanikidzwa Kusiya Basa," uye yekutanga yeinopfuura ndima 30 yakataura nezve "kuguma kwakangoerekana kwaitika kwehutongi hwemhirizhonga hwemakore matatu hwemurume ane utsinye." Chinyorwa chese chakashandisa izwi rekuti "coup" kamwe chete - ichishuma kuti "Cuba yakadana shanduko-pamusoro pekupokana."
Zvichakadaro, vachirambawo kudaidza coup kuti coup, the Times lead editor yakashandisa upbeat euphemisms kuirumbidza:
โNekusiya basa kwaPresident Hugo Chavez nezuro, demokrasi yeVenezuela haichatyisidzirwi nemunhu angave mudzvanyiriri. VaChavez, munhu anoparadza zvematongerwo enyika, vakasiya basa mushure mekunge mauto apindira ndokupa masimba kune mumwe mutungamiriri wemabhizimisi anoremekedzwa.
Asi vazhinji vekuVenezuel havana kufara zvakanyanya nekuona kuraswa kwebumbiro ravo. Mumaawa asingasviki makumi mana nemasere, Chavez akadzokera kuhofisi.
Chinyorwa cheMugovera neNew York Times chakataura kuti danho rekupokana nemutungamiri weVenezuela akasarudzwa kaviri yaive nyaya yemukati: "Zvakanaka, kubviswa kwake yaive nyaya yeVenezuela."
Asi neChipiri, bepanhau rakashuma kuti: "Vakuru vehurumende yeBush vakasangana kakawanda mumwedzi ichangopfuura nevatungamiriri vemubatanidzwa wakabvisa mutungamiri weVenezuela ... uye vakabvumirana navo kuti abviswe pachigaro."
Muchinyorwa cheChipiri, Times yakaratidza kuti mazuva matatu apfuura yakange yatambura neamnesia yechinguvana, ichikanganwa hunhu hunopfuura hwedemokrasi. Zvino, mukumuka kwekutadza kwe coup, chinyorwa chitsva chaive chakati dererei:
โMr. Chavez anga ari mutungamiri anopesanisa uye ane hutsinye zvekuti kubuda kwaakaita svondo rapfuura kwakaombera maoko kumba nekuWashington. Kuita ikoko, kwatakagoverana, kwakafuratira nzira isina demokrasi yaakabviswa nayo. Kubvisa nechisimba mutungamiri akasarudzwa nedemocracy, kunyangwe aita zvakaipa sei, hachisi chinhu chekufara. "
Asi muMedialand, mutungamiri akasarudzwa nedemocracy anova sei โmurume akasimbaโ? Uye riini kuvhota kusiri kupidigura hurumende asi โkuchinja-chinjaโ?
Zvakanaka, kuburikidza negirazi rekutarisa, Humpty Dumpty akapa tsananguro. "Kana ndikashandisa izwi," akadaro, "rinoreva izvo zvandinosarudza kureva - kwete zvakanyanya kana zvishoma." Pandakaramba kuti โmubvunzo ndewekuti munogona here kuita kuti mashoko ataure zvinhu zvakawanda zvakasiyana-siyana,โ mhinduro yake yaityisa. "Mubvunzo ndewekuti," akapindura, "zvinova tenzi - ndizvo chete."
Maonero akatsveyama anoita seanonetsa munhau huru yeMedialand ichangoburwa. Pakati pese kuvharwa kwegakava reIsrael nePalestine, ndinoshamisika nekusawirirana kunoshamisa kwekufarira kwenhau uye kutsamwa kwehunhu.
Somuenzaniso, mukusiana nenhau yakaziviswa zvikuru yaJohn Walker Lindh, zvakadiniko navamwe vaAmerica avo vakasundwawo nembavarira yorudzidziso kuti vaende kunze kwenyika kundotora zvombo nokuda kwehurumende yokumwe? Vachibva mumisha munzvimbo dzakadai seBrooklyn, NY, vanhu vakati wandei vokuAmerica vakaenda kuIsrael uye zvino vanoshandira muchiuto wenyika iyoyo.
Chirimo ichi, pasina kupokana, vamwe vacho vanga vari chikamu chekurwisa kweIsrael muWest Bank. Zvinoda kuziva kuti iwo mapepanhau eUS anofarira ne "American Taliban" haafarire kuongorora maAmerican aya, anosimbisa mauto eIsrael sezvavanotora chikamu mukuurayiwa kwevarume nevakadzi nevana vePalestine.
Kufanana kwacho kuri kupenya zvakakwana kuita kuti kudzivirirwa kwenhau kucherechedzwe. Sezviri pachena ane chokwadi chemvumo yemunhu mukuru, Lindh akasarudza kunyoresa muhondo tsvene yaisanganisira kugara uchitora hupenyu hwevanhu. Zvimwe chetezvo ndezvechokwadi nezvevazhinji vekuAmerica avo zvino vanotakura pfuti dzemuchina kuIsrael munzvimbo dzakatorwa.
Ndakagara mumafuro akanaka, ndinoshuva kuti zviitiko izvi zvese zvaive fungidziro, kwandingazomuka, nehanzvadzi yangu ichikwesha zvinyoro nyoro mashizha akafa akange ayerera kubva pamiti pachiso changu. Asi uku hakusi kurota.
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Bhuku razvino raNorman Solomon ndere "Habits of Highly Deceptive Media."