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This distorting
And supposedly
Impervious media
Has finally
Been stripped naked

Each network
Put in its place,
By a new genre
Of handshakers,
Who say it
As they see it

Marking the end
Of an era,
Where media-lords
Reveled in
Manipulating
These baby kissers,
As though
They were puppets

© 2016

Govind Ramakrishnan

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Topic(s) of this poem: media,politics,satire

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Denis Mair 27 February 2016

On the other hand, candidates who belittle the so-called lame-stream media also depend on the media to gain an audience. They are making anti-media hay under the media limelight. I like your use of terms like /handshakers/ and /baby-kissers/.

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Soul Watcher 01 February 2016

That's fantastic, waiting for more

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