End the Split-Screen National Spew
Sometimes the noise gets so thick, so loud, that the only way forward is to stop… and speak plainly. I’m here to look at what really happened, without the media spin (if possible).
Lately, it feels like every headline is a provocation.
Someone says Walmart funded a protest.
Someone else says MAGA is melting down.
And somewhere in the middle of all the polarizing, the actual truth gets buried.
🧽 What Actually Happened
On June 14th, a peaceful protest movement called #NoKings organized events across the country.
The timing coincided with the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday and a planned military parade. The message? A reminder that in this country, we don’t do kings.
That same week, Christy Walton, an heir to the Walmart fortune, paid for a full-page ad in the New York Times supporting the #NoKings protest.
Let’s be clear:
- She’s not on Walmart’s board.
- She didn’t speak for the company.
- Walmart did not fund the protests.
She used her own money.
For an ad.
In a newspaper.
I do think that Christy Walton’s ad, while not inflammatory, still echoed a warning about concentrated power in our country, but that is for another post.
📺 The Media Ran With It — and Fanned the Flames
Some conservative voices called for a Walmart boycott, believing the company had sponsored the protest.
Some liberal commentators laughed, calling it a “MAGA meltdown.” Because some people thought the ad was a corporate-funded political attack.
To the left, it looked like overreaction.
To the right, it looked like betrayal by a corporate icon.
But neither side helped clarify the truth.
And the media? They framed the moment for clicks, outrage, and division.
⚠️ This Isn’t Reporting. It’s Splitting.
News used to tell us what happened in America and the world, not how to feel about it.
Now, it’s built to make us pick a side.
To stay angry.
To keep watching.
But most of us Americans?
We don’t fit into the split-screen stories being told.
We still care about facts.
We still care about each other.
🌾 Just a Citizen, Looking Closer
This week, I ground sprouted wheat by hand when my motor attachment failed.
It was slow. It was quiet. And it reminded me that some work is worth doing the old-fashioned way.
Sorting through the noise in our media?
That’s work too.
Not flashy. Not viral. Just necessary.
💬 My Friends and Family We Deserve Better
We deserve journalism that informs, not provokes.
We deserve truth without theatrics.
I’m not here to fight anyone.
I’m just here to say: No sides. Just sense
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