In Response...

I'd like to offer my defense on the two comments that were posted about one of my posts. First, about hating the media. Allow me to rephrase my opinion. I like having the media around. Yes, obviously it is where I get my information; I have no choice. But there are other factors as to why I made that statement. What I hate about the media, is that it seems to me as if they are not running the programs for our benefit, but to make more money for themselves. The news in general is the people's right to know - objectively. Media centers will put whatever "spin" is necessary on the story in order to "reel in" the consumer. How can, or better yet, why should a station be labeled as "conservative" or "liberal?" Shouldn't they both be the same? I mean, if the same event happened at the same time and same place - SAME STORY! How can there be two sides to it. We the viewers/readers should be making the decision ourselves. We shouldn't have to be convinced. That is part of being human. We have that innate ability to make choices and opinions. Like a textbook, we should be fed the information as it really is.

The media has played a huge role on many of the major events in the past couple years. Off the top of my head, I could mention the 2000 U.S. Presidential election. I'm not going to write too much about that because its been done over and over, but that was all the media networks' fault. They have learned from that mistake and have fixed the problem. But, flash forward to 2004. This election was totally a media war. There were clearly defined lines that separated stations with certain political parties. FOX networks were clearly more conservative, while Rolling Stone magazine was entirely anti-Republican. Whatever. The election is over and I don't want to talk about that anymore.

Back to this MJ trial. I made that original comment because for the past 10 years, the media has been trashing MJ like crazy. I blame them for the shape that he is in. He was possibly one of the most reclusive people in the country because every time he would show, there would be a million newspapers with him on the cover. I'd be a little crazy too if I didn't leave my house for 10 years. And every time that I did, I was made fun of by millions of people. All because they wanted to sell more papers or get higher ratings. It is also partly human nature to blame. How could you expect to make money if you write about the normal activities of a person? Human beings like to see the weird stuff in the world, other people in distress, or fantasy relationships. How else do you think that reality TV is a success? It is just preying on human nature. The MJ case will be very twisted because he is a giant cash cow for the networks. IT IS MICHAEL JACKSON!!! I don't care who you are. Deny it if you want to. YOU LIKED MICHAEL JACKSON!!! Everyone liked him. There wasn't a single person who was like: "What is this crap?" Even now, you might not like him, but you still like his music. And if you don't, it is only because of what the media makes of him that has changed your opinion. (Now if you honestly didn't like him, that didn't apply to you. You know who you are) Imagine this: What if from 1993, before MJ's court case then, what if he just showed up from 10 years of hiding? What would you say then?

The reason the media isn't being fair towards MJ is because the way they are reporting the information on this trial, it is as if they are saying that he is already guilty. Almost as if they want him to go to jail. Just to see how he handles it. Almost as if it is some TV show. It isn't a show. This is someone's life. Someone who has a family and kids. It isn't right to run someone down so low, over and over again, just to make more money for yourself. That is why I HATE the media.

And about the spelling: So I left one "o" out. I rarely have ANY spelling errors on my entire site. So don't tell me to learn how to spell. At least I can make a cohesive sentence. I had to read your post 3 times in order to get right. USE A COMMA WHEN NECESSARY!!! And when you quote, you don't change the words in the quote, even if it is a pronoun. Everyone knows that the "I" is not you if it is in a quote.