Simply Sensational!

Is it too easy to become an internet sensation?

Take the Obama Girl video for instance. Out of all of the riveting topics that are written and talked about online, should that video really have become so popular? Should I really have a mental list of probably twenty-five or so of my favorite stupid internet cartoon videos that I watch instead of reading the news?

Probably not.

Sometimes, when I see the videos that become viral overnight, I lose a little bit more of my ever-dwindling faith in my generation. (Ex. Rebecca Black and Friday) Chances are, we should really care more about news that we do. I will be the first to admit that I know next to nothing about global current events and politics, and I am sure that I am not the only one.

So, why is it that my generation cares so little about things that affect them? Is it because songs like Friday are so good that we simply can't NOT watch them 24/7? Definitely not. I wish I had an answer or even a decent theory about why this is happening, but I don't.

I can at least speculate on why I think that I don't put more effort into reading the news... Put as simply as possible, there are too many idiots online. It would be quite an undertaking to look up a recent event or political standpoint and try to learn about it as objectively as possible. Practically every article or video is written or recorded by some random person in their living room. Even journalism is hard to trust because of the affiliations that news sources have with political powerhouses.

In short, the truth is so easily lost in the cacophony of voices that I chose to just let it be lost than risk pulling out all of my hair trying to dig it back up.

I think that this is a sad occurrence. I certainly wish I was more well-informed. I would love to be able to hold my own in a political argument or insert my own thoughts into a conversation about a recent global event. And sure, my own unwillingness to hunt for the facts is partially to blame. But that does not mean that all of the liars and half-truth-tellers online are blameless.

(Here's to hoping that this made sense to someone besides myself.)

**Maybe someone out there has a source that they would like to share with me that is relatively unbiased in their reporting? I'd be forever grateful.**