I could get up every day and share examples with you on why I deplore the media. The media was all over the Trayvon Martin shooting and the public jumped to conclusions. Some reporters got their 15 minutes of fame and proved the old adage, "There's a sucker born every minute." Which, by the way, P.T. Barnum may never have said....there's evidence the media got it wrong. Ugh! media. The media prints it, the television airs it and we, the people, respond like marionettes having our strings pulled. Only now, now that the race card has been played and folks last nerves been stepped on, are we beginning to hear the facts. The voice screaming for help? Likely Mr. Zimmerman's. Photographs of a bruised and swollen face? Mr. Zimmerman's. Cut to the back of the head? Mr. Zimmerman's. Technology, sensationalism and the lack of critical thinking skills are a dangerous combination. Young Trayvon's family are due the greatest empathy we can give them. But ...
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