Re: What's the matter with media?

This question vexes me. Because we consume media and if we didn't the media wouldn't exist, the question to be asked is what's the matter with us. As the stepfather of children of a celebrity father, I have had occasions to consider the effects of the media on our lives and what the role of the media should be. When my stepson was 10, he and his father (who had joint custody of the boy) appeared together in a picture accompanying a flattering first-page newspaper story about the father. The reality? The father had promised to spend the day with his son, forgotten the promise, realized there was a photo op, called his ex-wife, and asked her to deliver the boy unto him, which, she did. The newspaper obscured truth and, thereby, added to the myth of the father and his antecedents. Some might find sustenance in the myth and consume it gluttonously. Others (the boy at least) might find despair. Regardless, the fault lies in the father and mother, not the newspaper. Caveat emptor.