an idea dies in the same slight way that we lose track of the facts slowly unseen slipping silently through some fabricated cracks and now the freedom of the press has turned to freedom to impress perfect hair sells product well like suffocating sickly smells the make up smears like false pastels like glossy sugarcoated shells tune in tune out goodbye goodnight they re buying you with fear and lies turn it off until it s right that s the news that s all goodnight turn it off until it s right that s the news that s all goodnight the advertising dollars buy the right to stifle antonyms to sterilize the truth with fiction so we can sing their corporate hymns and all of us were cowed and bought it hardly anybody got it while mergers made their spires grow taller what they let you know grew smaller and we were scared or too bemused and so we still turned on the news are you afraid yet they want you to be it will keep you coming back you are a loyal customer are you afraid yet you should be