It has allowed me to see my kids and grandkids for this past year. Thank you, Steve Jobs.

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Just wondering just what those sources would be. Please list just one or two because I can't find any that have any continuity, they all follow the views of the network executives. It's a bad sign when when a large portion of the population doesn't trust the Government or the Press.

Think you meant Android phone

Mark Twain said something to the effect that we do not make any progress because as we move forward we lose what was.

We would all be lost without our cell phones and computers. What did we lose? Among other things privacy and good manners.

The good old days? Like it or not we cannot go back to what was. We must, like it or not live with the new reality.

"When a large portion of the population doesn't trust the Government or the Press." I'm not sure if it has gotten worse or we just think it has.

The civil war. Trust of government? While it is spun, politically corrected in public indoctrination. Half the country was under a government led by Jefferson Davis and the other half led by Abe Lincoln. The press spun the side they supported.

I recently read a book about the Wright brothers complete with letters etc. The first powered flight was 1903. It was a world story. France and Italy were both leaders.
The Wright brothers did not use the current term,"fake news," but they did complain that newspaper reporters wrote things that they had no idea what they were saying. They complained that reporters fed on other reporters misinformation and they complained
about since it was a world competition about reporters and a nationalistic bias.

Much of what people scream about is nothing new. A lot of it has never and will never be resolved. In the end things will never be perfect. Reality, things are pretty good.
Our press feeds on confrontation. That too has always been so. My opinion, having studied journalism, ethics of the press have deteriorated dramatically.

Suspicious how part of video was was constantly in public view and the rest was court ordered from public view.

Reality-"the police think twice about what they are doing, that is a good thing."
We have all the time in the world sitting safely in front of our computer. It is far different making decisions in part of a second with Adrenalin pumping.

In am not a cop. I have worked in neighborhoods where most people say I don't go there.

I have seen cops in action. I have seen cops decide it is not worth the paperwork to catch this guy. He will be out before the ink drys and my superior will question why I bothered to catch this guy. The criminals also know this.

The opposite is a police state. Public caning a kid for stealing a political poster.
The question is what do we want. Where is the proper balance? That question has not to date ever been answered. Perhaps, there is no answer that we can all agree on.
Law, unless we accept an all powerful dictator, and even then is not and cannot be perfect.

I think that Steve Jobs knew exactly the degree that a camera phone would change people's lives. He probably thought constantly about change and technical innovation. He wanted his devices to be people-friendly not just expert-friendly. Derrick Chauvin had his life changed by the camera phone. And that could possibly end up as a landmark pivot in human and race relations?

It's an amazing tool. Definitely helps keep people accountable.

I hate to break that bubble - but a large portion of the population DOES truly trust the government (today) and the majority of TRADITIONAL news sources - the sources that can be vetted - just one example would be the USA Today. There are several recently conceived internet news sources that are dark and full of anarchy. There is also one major TV and radio network that began in the 1990s that is dark and full of propaganda. Those last mentioned and fairly newly conceived media outlets are slowly walking America away from Democracy towards fascism using soft propaganda techniques.

You nailed it. ACCOUNTABILITY for ones actions and words WILL return.

"Soft propaganda" is going easy...it has become blatant. Honesty is lost....truth does not count.

It is what it is, and BTW, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

True! But, the fact that those "local morons" even exist makes me think that our society has FAILED both them and us. Many elements are FAR less than perfect - education comes to mind 1st - quality of life - wealth disparity - the "greed is good" mantra - the stopping of scientific research grants to Universities - the recent downplaying of science in general. I wonder if Switzerland or other countries have the same degree of problems with "local morons"? Maybe the US should study the countries that have better results? Maybe the US should be less jingoistic?

In the 1950s era that is often looked upon with awe and respect - the US had something that it has gradually lost. Back then the wealth gap in the US was DECREASING. Today it is increasing and we have the largest wealth gap in the free world. Google that - every rational citizen in the US should be constantly aware of that unfortunate US trend. A tread that could end in a disaster and the end of the American experiment. And we are responsible because it happened in OUR time.

If police have to think twice before reacting then there will be more dead police. Just my opinion.

Unfortunately, we have ALLOWED propaganda to creep into that equation. Our free society and also Australia's society has been taken advantage of.