When did the news become entertainment? You pick and choose which side you want to hear to justify your opinion These people have no right to be on the TV screen We've traded paper for plastic faced actors Who are paid spin headlines and keep us ignorant An argument over everything And look at the shape we're in And the headline reads "Good luck my friends" And then shuts down the printers All this talk of change, there's no god damn way When they manipulate and tell you it's true It has nothing to do with the facts at hand Or truth of the matter, but it's true And we have nothing to say While the blame is passed back and forth Over and over, it's all true You need to see who benefits from the media scheme Big business and politicians need to control what you're thinking Just keep people divided Just keep people divided Just keep them all divided And we can own everything Try to keep a straight face So content to live in your ignorance While they manipulate and tell you it's true It has nothing to do with the facts at hand Or truth of the matter, but it's true And we have nothing to say While the blame's passed back and forth Over and over, it's all true It has nothing to do with the facts at hand Or truth of the matter, but it's true And we have nothing to say While the blame's passed back and forth It's over