conflicts between the consumer and media. Why is the original purpose of the media so

damn hard to figure out? It is time to confront this issue instead of blowing it off by

saying, "We can never change the media, so why bother?" What kind of chickenshit

statement is that?! If there are so many people with so much power, surely one of

them realizes the downward spiral of the ethics of the media. I feel my sole purpose of

this paper is to tell everyone my ideas and viewpoints on censoring the media.

Ooooooo, censor. What a bad word that is when used in the same sentence with

media. So many people believe censorship is a bad thing, but there is no other solution

in stopping the "bad press." When I sit back and look at the stories about stories that

are bad and offending to someone, I realize something needs to be done. The media is

out of control. True, there are many informing and needed stories, but, my god, how

many times a day to we need to hear and read about how much money O.J. Simpson

has to pay the family of Ronald Goldm

some type of information that the consumer wants and needs to hear or read. This is

I could write a book about all the things I want to see changed in the media before I

Globe who thought, "Uh, oh. These photos may get us into some trouble." Was there

someone there to prevent these stories from running, but remember, their paycheck

half of my problems with the media would be taken care of. This may sound like a lame

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