How can it be that a disgusting filthy rag
Sees itself the fine upholder and guardian
Of all that is “decent” about British life
Yet lies through its teeth every edition?
Yet
their readers believe everything they say
No
matter what facts that they’ve omitted
When
your moral compass points the wrong way
They’ll
ignore every offence that you’ve printed
How can it be the same disgusting filthy
rag
Is perceived as fine defender and warning
Against all that threatens “decent” British
life
By those finding it on their doormat each
morning?
You
can trust what you read in the papers
They
have more resources than you…!
Why
do you think you know better than them?
One
individual could not have a clue
How can it be such a disgusting filthy rag
Can disguise its own personal agenda
By pretending to preserve a form of British
life
Yet not caring what hatred it may engender?
Take
a moment criticising their loyal readers
It
will be seen as a deep personal attack
Suggest
there’s something wrong with any of them
And
just watch those media empires strike back
How can a nation that once was quite
civilised
Tolerate them all heading off the same way?
Pushing all their fear and hatred and
loathing
Of a more understanding world every day
Their
daily news agenda is all based upon
What
they think their readers care about
Support
whatever lies they want to believe in
Refuse
to suggest any reasonable doubt
How can it be that these disgusting filthy
rags
Have been getting away with this for so
long?
Why do those who want a “decent” British
life
Tolerate a business so fundamentally wrong?
Many things
that they’ve printed are criminal
The
most harmful lies ought to be treated as such
Papers
and their owners wield far too much power
And
they prefer to keep us all out of touch
How can it be that some once less filthy
rags
Are posting clickbait to make advertisers
pay?
Chasing profits and circulation won’t keep
A moral compass pointing the right way
Martin
A W Holmes, October 2016
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