the mainstream media feeds us
a lot of clap trap
it rarely reports the other side
of the news flap

we're drawn in by what is supposed
to be the story proper
yet there is independent
coverage on offer

mainstream media and governments
are in constant cahoots
to get to the nub of the story
the public should untangle their roots

it has been shown time and again
that we're been lead up the wrong story vein

so much of the truth is diluted
by the big media men
as they are so accommodating
of those policy making men

the facts are not always presented
in an accurate or exact way
regularly the state of the situation
is buried tidily away

the big media organizations
are our eyes and ears
to the world's happenings
but we the world community
would certainly like less of our news
undergoing all the sanitizing

linkages of media to government
do indeed exist
this ever so cozy arrangement
reports but only this combinations twist

independent news is there to give us balance
to the stories that are out there
the angels that it depicts give equilibrium
to the mainstreams daily fair