1
Sworn to never air
anything beyond the bounds
of the preordained range
the hounds of allowable discourse
and permissible debate
permit without giving chase;
sworn to never show
anything their owners and donors
and ad-rev heavies
might wish to keep undisclosed
all the while
faithfully assailing their paymasters’ foes
the pol-fin syndicate’s mouthpiece-media
feed the sheep a shiny diet
of purest mind-moulding gold
to the point of avidly backing
whatever barbarities
their demonic sponsors have set as goals
as they dutifully flog
the psy-op tripe it’s their job to hype
to rally support from the unwary proles.
2
That reasoned objective perspectives
and fair and forthright accounts
are far too rare and precious
to share with plebs and peasants;
that uncorralled narratives
— with their implacable facts
and provable truths —
must be smothered when they clash
with whichever views
and agenda-setting course
the reigning oligarchs endorse
these
comprise the obvious censored message
in this age of raging falsification
when brushing aside the lies
and egregious omissions
that permeate the omnipresent
money-power sanctioned fictions
is corporate media standard procedure
and presenting
even a semblance of evidence
in defense of assertions
is perceived as both irrelevant
and wholly superfluous
while accuracy in reporting
would appear to be mistaken
for scoring full bull’s-eyes
in the game of racking up ratings.