[Destro]

I remember way back when the media saying it was getting angry calls for censorship of graphic images - mostly from family values nanny groups. Then you had the other side of the equation where people wanted the American public to be angry 24/7 so we could kick some ass.

The networks can't win either way. I come from a marketing background - trust me the television networks play to the lowest common denominator. They want no trouble and no controversy (though sometimes they do want it for ratings pusposes - but that is a topic for another thread).

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

...the television networks play to the lowest common denominator. They want no trouble and no controversy...though sometimes they do want it for ratings pusposes...

Yes. Kierkegaard understood this well (media descending and accreting to the most base popular motives). So did Henry Kissinger. When asked what would be the cause of WWIII, Kissinger responded, without hesitation, "the media".