The Media & Their Narratives.

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I was reading an essay by Ian Wylie in regards of my old place of employment when I recalled a comment from an ex-Editor
and Managing Director of the same newspaper, when I asked why I was being made redundant. Sighing dramatically, the
tipsy superior replied that I had been "a necessary cost" and now could be discarded -along with forty-or-so fellow employees.

One of their requests was that I would show a sub-Editor how to perform my tasks in order to assist in keeping a local periodical
that has been around since 1870. Of course, this part of the conversation was performed with a grateful, solomn affectation.
So I set about explaining to the sub-Editor what I did every evening and how -if the functions were so superfluous, his service
at the newspaper may also slide into the danger-zone. Being a Journalist, he assured me there was no way he could possibly
become 'a necessary or unnecessary cost'.

From Wylie's essay:

"....In the newspapers of Harold Evans’ day, the editor was king. Today, what little power is left in local newspapers lies with
the advertising executives, not the journalists. The salary of an experienced, specialist reporter is viewed as an unnecessary
cost..."
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Ian Wylie continues with blaming the internet for failing community-based newspapers, but could there be another reason?
Journalism is dying... but is a technology entirely to blame?

I guess many of us grew-up believing our own respective countries could sustain their populations with the most vital of fuel.
That of food. Okay... some fare may be imported because of climate and consumer-based reasons, but the masses have
always assumed that the very basics of comestibles were always grown and reared within their own countries.

However, it seems this isn't true. The world obtains its everyday-goods from only two places on the entire globe... unless the
media are not attacking the Devil' as some old-school Journalists liked to think themselves as such and merely writing garbage
to fill columns.

Sky News:

'...According to the latest ONS data, wheat-based products like bread, cereal and pasta had some of the steepest
price rises compared to this time last year, alongside milk, cheese, eggs and yoghurt.

The price of meat, particularly ham and bacon, increased considerably too, alongside olive oil, other vegetable fats,
jams and sauces. On the drinks side, mineral water had the biggest jump in price, followed by fruit juices, coffee and tea.

Why are food prices rising now?
The war in Ukraine has left the UK and other Western countries unable to access both Ukrainian and Russian exports.
This is because Vladimir Putin's forces have prevented goods from leaving Ukraine by sea and the UK has sanctioned
Russian goods altogether.

Combined, the two countries make up a third of global wheat supplies, which are not only used to make bread, cereal and
pasta, but also animal feed, which is vital for meat and dairy production. This drop in global supply drives up prices for all
of those products...'

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So it could be -not only that Journalists have been thrown into the same pit as myself due to the internet, but because their
narratives have become so shallow and transparent. Were you aware that the Ukraine and Russia had been feeding you for
all these years?!