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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
That actually was Morgan Freeman who wrote this. Got it off of a Facebook post that someone put on my Facebook account. Big time actors and actresses do say quite bright things every once in a while.
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What he said, and you reported are very true. However, (and isn't there always a however?) I try to think of what the solution might be and I can't think of one. First: what is the mainstream media? I guess I would define it as any media outlet that is on my direct TV, or cable menu. A few years ago I would have said the major networks, and maybe CNN, but now virtually everyone has access to dozens or even hundreds of news outlets on TV. So let's say they all conspired to never mention the name of, or any background about, any mass killer. Okay, I know, this would never be likely to happen, but just say it did, kind of like the FCC USED to ban profanity and sexual innuendo. Back when I grew up, in the fifties, TV output was tightly controlled and we all thought Lucille Ball, Harriett Nelson, Donna Reed, and Barbara Billingsley were the typical matrons of typical families. Actually they weren't then, and are even less so now. Now, even if the "mainstream media" were equally controlled, you have the internet. There is simply no way that I can see, of controlling content on the internet. Today, bloggers would get hold of information, or bits of information, and they would satiate the desires of all the people that wanted to know, and if you think the mainstream media lacks journalistic ethics, get a load of some of the nitwits that are out there in the wild wild world of the web. The bloggers would have no restraint from printing rumors that were not fact, and wild speculation. At least the mainstream media GENERALLY shows restraint, and try to confirm rumors or information before making it public. In this age, I just cannot fathom what it would take to truly keep information about a mass killer away from a public, many of whom would move heaven and earth to get all the juicy details. If someone has a realistic answer I am all eyeballs.