RE: Media..Are you their puppet?
My two cents on just one aspect of "Media"
For example the "media" puts on shows like Alli McBeal. Sex in the City and Desperate Housewives and 2 1/2 men. All with disregard for responsible sex, and family values. Don't even start on rap music and BET TV
Unwed, teen pregnancy and abortion are now common sexual norms, with high schools having special programs and families having baby showers etc. Given any opposition to this culture shift from past traditional family value/unmarreid sex, and the Media will blast you as negative in a repressive way.
BUT, the VP nominee has a teenage daughter, or Pres Clinton gets caught in a dalliance, then the media flips WAY over to the right side and is critical of those sex antics as immoral.
Make us a puppet, they try. They play both sides at will and control the amount and style of "in your face" presentation.
Don't even start me onthe gay movement which i see play out in similar fashion.
Maybe this is enough serious talk for our forum, even in off topic.
Steve