The Media's Failure With the Biggest Story in the World

[Dustlawyer]

12. Ultimately, the failure is OURS!!!

The media and our politicians are running interference for the ones that own them, corporations and the very wealthy. Until we join together the various groups fighting for causes opposed by the Plutocrat's and the Right and commit ourselves to doing what we can to win this battle, we are culpable in our planet's demise.
We should be joining together the groups fighting for the environment, immigration, education, LGBT issues, women's issues, voting rights, NSA spying... the list goes on and on, to work together to get the money out of politics so that our Representatives will answer to us again. Currently, they do not fear too many votes because they get campaign money for those votes and the media will work to protect them.
It's a big step to go from bitching about things here at DU to getting out and making a real difference. I tried to organize here to hold protest prior to the last election with the theme of showing how much bribe/campaign money each politican had taken and asking them what do they have to do for all of that money? What is the Quid Pro Quo? I got maybe three or four interested in helping and a whole lot more that were apathetic and attacking me.
Nothing is going to change until we get screwed enough to finally get off of our asses. The marginalization of someone like Bernie Sanders, who stands for getting the money out of politics and having Publicly Funded Elections, among other things, is clear evidence that it is not only Fox News viewers who have been brain washed by the MSM! Even with a Sanders Presidency, he could do none of this without massive support. At most he could get these issues more exposure.
We should stop focusing on the problems and instead, focus on the solutions.
We need the leaders of these various movements to join together with a singular focus, knowing that their pet issue can be solved only after getting Representative government to replace the corporate government. We also need to face the truth that it is not only Republican politicians that have sold out, most Democrats have too!
I hope that many more are willing to join with me to spread this message and get these various groups together and focused on the solution, there isn't much time!