From: TURTLE              
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: beliefs        
Date & Time: 05/14/91 00:39:18
Message Number 16793

>Yeah, but the Media influences society as a whole.
 
And society influences "the Media." What's your point? "The Media" is
not this big, mysterious conglomerate that's out to tell you what to
think or anything like that; "The Media" is a bunch of people who call
it like they see it. "The Media" is your local newscaster, you know? You
ever write anything to describe something to someone else, well, you're
"The Media" too. If someone writes a bad made-for-TV movie, it's not
"The Media"'s fault, it's the fault of the guy who wrote it. Since
you're down on "The Media," though, lemme ask you this: If "The Media"
didn't tell you about corruption in your school board or asbestos in
your drinking water, who the hell would?