An opinion on the role of the media in a post- 9/11 world.

Journalism The ground begins to shake, fire shoots from freshly opened craters, an unholy deep voice bellows from what seems to be the center of the earth, "it is your time", says the voice, and a staircase emerges. But before you even see the slightest wisp of smoke you hear about it on the radio, the tv, and the next day tabloid headlines everywhere would read, "Satan speaks out on prop. 22", yes, the speed of …

…media profiting from disasters is a wrong thing as many do, this is their job, and as I explained earlier in this essay it is a tough one. When someone is angered at the media, saying that they are profiting from the death and misery of others, they are not only trying to deny someone their right to free speech, they are stating that they would rather be completely oblivious to the world around them.