After Reading Imperial Hubris

In the Summer 2004/2005 edition of Dissent, there is a poem, After Reading Imperial Hubris, by Glosso Babel. The fourth stanza is

the free and the brave
live in a world
with the potential
to know everything
yet choose to know
nothing
the nuances of life
are glossed over
the complexities of life
are tossed aside
the killings of the day
are summed up
by talking heads
who make careers
out of sounding pleasant yet credible
while uttering the unbelievable

I suppose this stanza is a bit harsh but has a resonance to it when one reads the responses to bloggers like Ted Rall and Paul Street, Tim Wise, and others.