We’re witnessing the collapse

Of newspapers  

That are essential in America 

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In their place is the rise

Of the blogosphere

That is mostly opinion

Lacking in objectivity 

And facts checking

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Information has become

Mainly spin and propaganda

That are ruling the day

It’s shock and awe

That dominate

Mainly like in the tabloids  

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Because of these trends

The underpinnings of our republic 

Are threatened

Because we’re starting

To lack the ability

To govern ourselves

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We’re already witnessing this 

With gridlock

In the halls of Congress

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What have happened

To the progressive views

On the press  

Voiced by our founding fathers

Like Washington, Jefferson, and Madison?

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Are their insights all dumped 

And discarded into the rubbish heap

Of our new technological age?

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