Violence in the Media
The presence of violence in the media has been a rather prominent and controversial issue for some time. Its presence as an important issue has been made all the more important and presence by the fact that there is now 24/7 cable news and a concurrent 24/7 news cycle. This omnipresent news cycle is present on the internet as well. Some people decry the fact that so much of the news is violent while others say that the journalists in question are just reporting what is going on. While there are points to be made for both sides but the "if it bleeds, it leads" mentality is in full effect and the news media seems all too ready to give the dire predictions and push the narrative they want consumed and believed when the time comes.
Analysis
There are some that say that violence in the media is to blame for violence in people. This is a silly claim because violence in people existed long before the inventions and presence of television, video games and other forms of media that bombard us every day. Indeed, the presence of violent crime has actually been decreasing over the last few decades while video games and media have concurrently exploded in quantity and degraded in quality. The other side of the coin are the people that bemoan the presence of violence in media and act like there were some "good old days" where the violence was not omnipresent in the news cycle. What this viewpoint fails to take note of is that violence...
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