Opinion: The Media Should Be Ashamed
When it comes time for moralizing, the media predictably
assumes the availability of guns is the problem, without considering how
journalists themselves might be contributing to the coarsening of our
already-violent society.
The entertainment-media complex promotes and glamorizes
violence — for profit — in film and on TV. Meanwhile, the news media ensures
that killers get the attention and fame they so desperately crave.
To be sure, a transparent society demands reporting
newsworthy incidents — and this definitely qualifies. But it should be done
responsibly. And that is not what we have witnessed. We have instead a feeding
frenzy that is all about beating the competition — not disseminating
information.
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