After watching the news for one hour I see two cases where Police are using their power to detain, manipulate the justice system and kill innocent people.
The American system of "Innocent till proven guilty" needs to be changed. Or actually, we either need to change the law to be incongruence with what the police and other public officials are doing or wee need to stop them from their negligent activities.
News Reports
- http://carlosmiller.com/ (Motorcyclist arrested for posting video.)
- Father Killed by New Jersey Detective in Park
http://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett/family-will-ask-feds-574260.html?cxtype=rss_news
- Innocent Woman Fired Based on Accusation
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/20/agriculture.employee.naacp/index.html
What is particularly disturbing is we now live in an environment where sensationalism is the norm. News agencies are no longer reporting the news... they are making the news and in MOST cases making-up the news.
Fox 'News' is the MOST notorious but CNBC, MSNBC, HLN and CNN are also doing the same thing. All stations reported on the case of Shirley Sherrod condemning her initially along with the NAACP, USDA and the White House jumpin on the "FIRE HER" bandwagoon.
Why have we degenerated to this point? I believe it begins with the Media. Once upon a time Newspapers allowed for "get it right and get it first reporting." Well now it is all about "getting sensationally and reporting it first." We are living within a game show environment where everyone looks for the hype and the dirtier the story the more airplay is required.
We have degenerated into a full 5 hour a day special on Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Mel Gibson and in the case of Michael Jackson it was 20 hours daily for almost a week. Eye candy and slutty sensationalism trumps all... ratings, ratings, ratings.
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