I think everyone knows this feeling. Very appropriate simile for the concept of headlines.

Brilliant. I know that feeling exactly, you've captured it-brilliantly. Your four lines say a lot more than many long-winded political poems. Great great great.
lyv

Hey .. and it is ALMOST an acrostic! almost spells out HALT ! hee hee!
but I totally agree! the news is bs propganda. Sounds crazy, right? The truth shall set you free!
hm ... acrositc sonnet, huh? I may have t olook into that! MWA-HAHAHA! I'l have to remind myslef as to how to WRITE a sonnet! I would need a name with the proper number of lines, right?
*wow, that IS crazy! hee hee!*
I need my muse back!
great poem! what kind is it?