Factoids and truthiness and truthiness and factoids
Give me a royal pain not unlike hemorrhoids
Rumors most vicious and slander that stings
These are some of my least favorite things

Biased reporting and wisdom (conventional),
Rancid old racists whose harm seems intentional
Loud Bible-thumpers, gang-bangers who sing
These are some more of my least fav’rite things

When the crap flies, is triumphant,
That’s when I feel sad;
I consider the way that our culture is going
And try not to
        go
            quite
        mad!

Thespians who don’t know squat about history
Get quoted widely, though why is a mystery
Singer/songwriters and frontmen for bands
Spout off on subjects they ill understand

Media darlings all full of celebrity
Passing as persons with ties to integrity
Fill up the airwaves with pernicious jive
(It’s hard to imagine their brains are alive)
When my gag reflex gets tickled
I no longer look,
I just turn off my radio and my TV
Then lose myself in a
            darn
                good
            book!