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By JOHN LEVI MASULI

Journalists, they say, are
too concerned about
establishing their own professionalism—
being detached, dispassionate
deliverers of news content—
in ways that don’t help people
to become
active citizens (Peters and Cmiel, p.10)
from Media Ethics

And the collision of ideas

Remained veiled in the bluntness
Of words swimming in opacity
While the thought process of subversion
Is blocked by the collage of desperation

And death

Transforming us into zombies relishing
The flesh and suffering of our neighbors
While we, walking, numbed and drooling,
Revolve around the zombiefied photograph
Of the world, that is

The Daily News, herald of
Truth and apocalyptic Apathy.