Media Circus

I have never been one to accuse the media of being in a conspiracy of anything except making sure people are kept dumb. But looking (barely, because I do not have the stomach for it) at the way this election is being covered, I am starting to unravel.
Of course every side accuses the media of being in favor of the other side. But I think that what happens is both simpler and more sinister. The news are reported as if they were intended for 5 year-old retards, with the sole purpose of instilling the most fear in the most people from either side of the divide. It is fear that stokes the media business. And they are having a field day.
When a poll by PBS shows that 51% of people think that Sarah Palin is fit to be VP, this means terror on a mass scale. Apparently, one can vote as many times in this poll as one wants, which is absurd. Today I got an email saying that Karl Rove (The Evil One himself) is asking people to jam the poll in favor of Palin, so now the democrats are doing the same. To which I say: PBS, you need to kill that freaking poll off already. It is misleading and meaningless.
I think polls should be banned. There was a poll in which they asked people who would they rather watch the Superbowl with. Obama won, and with reason. You want to watch sports with someone who can still do them. But it is insulting.
I also think campaign ads should be banned. They debase the debate and they are too expensive.
If people want to know what the candidates think, they should get this from their public appearances, interviews and from debates. Not from misleading, manipulative ads from both sides.
So in short, this is a circus maximus, the kind Nero used to enjoy. Disgusting, vile, and repulsive.